Meet the Zellers

Fay and Herman, both Czech survivors of Auschwitz, met after liberation at Camp Grohn, a “resettlement center” in Munich, Germany.  They married in the camp registrar’s office.

 

Thanks to HIAS, they were able to come to the United States; knowing they would not be allowed to bring cash to the US, when the word came that they’d been approved for immigration they used their savings to purchase a baby carriage for their infant daughter Amalia, and had it shipped ahead. 

 

The couple settled in Annapolis, where they changed their name to Zeller, opened a kosher grocery store, and were active members of Kneseth Israel.  In later years, Fay used the shipping crate to store her Pesach dishes.