In the fall of 1944, Zigmund and Rosina Stern fled from Bratislava with their nine-year-old son Alfred, and began to wander through remote villages in Slovakia looking for hiding places. They sent their twelve-year-old son, Richard, to his grandparents in Budapest where they hoped he would be safe. They found a hideout for four months in the home of Maria and Jan Matulova, and then hid for a further three months in the home of the Potancok family in the village of Povraznik.
Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Gift of Noah (Alfred) Stern and Miriam Chenchinski , Israel
Maria was recognized as a Righteous Among the Nations for hiding the Stern family in her home.
