Charlotte Leiser
Name at birth
Charlotte Aron
Date of birth
10/04/1907
Where did you grow up?
Berlin, Germany
Name of father, occupation
Salomon Leopold Aron
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Helen Wolff,
Homemaker
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Margot Aron, and a brother, name unknown at this time
Who survived the Holocaust?
Helene Wolff (Charlotte's mother) and Charlotte
Charlotte left Germany in 1939 for London England where she worked as a domestic.
Where did you go after being liberated?
Her mother who was in Theresienstadt came to London after the war, they both moved to Montevideo, Uruguay. Arthur Leiser, Charlotte’s future husband was living there.
When did you come to the United States?
1953
Where did you settle?
Detroit, Michigan
How is it that you came to Michigan?
Sponsored by brother-in-law, Rudolf Leiser
Occupation after the war
Secretary at the Jewish Community Center
When and where were you married?
1952, Montevideo, Uruguay
Spouse
Arthur Leiser,
Barber
What do you think helped you to survive?
I’m surmising to be reunited with her family
Interviewer:
Biography given by Roz Leiser, Charlotte Leiser’s niece by marriage
Interview date:
09/30/2014
Experiences
Survivor's map
