Object numberM2011/008:007
DescriptionColour photograph of Eva Klug (nee Dymova) and her husband Bert holding their first grandchild. The photo was taken approximately 1980.
Eva Klug (nee Dymova) was born in Sered Czechoslovakia on 2 July 1925. She grew up in a traditionally Jewish household with her parents Alexander and Katerina Dym and two siblings, brother Mickey and sister Marta. Eva attended a Jewish Primary school and a public local high. She was a member of the Jewish sports organisation, Maccabi Hatzair.
In 1942, Eva and her family were imprisoned as forced labour in Sered Transit/Labour/Concentration camp, where Eva worked spinning Angora wool. The family remained working in the camp for two years until the camp was liberated during the Slovak Uprising in 1944. Keen to join the fight, Eva and her brother Mickey joined the Partisan fighters in Banska Bystrica, whilst her sister, brother in law and parents hid in a bunker in Bratislava.
Eva worked alongside the Partisans until the Germans came to quash the partisan uprising. Fleeing from the Germans, Eva and her brother went into hiding in the mountains. Later due to illness, Eva’s brother was hospitalised. Unable to stay with him in the infirmary, she left to go to Bratislava to join her family. In Bratislava, she met Bert Klug (her future husband), who had been in Sered too. Bert was a part of the underground, producing false documents. Eva joined the underground and helped deliver the false documents. In January 1945, Eva was arrested by the Gestapo and transported back to Sered. From Sered, Eva was sent to Theresienstadt, where she remained until the end of the war.
In the two years following liberation, Eva helped individuals with Typhus receive medical care and assist orphans from Theresienstadt to find a home in Switzerland. In 1947, she reconnected with Bert in Bratislava, where they were married. In 1948 they settled in Australia where they raised three sons in Brisbane. Eva and her sister were the only survivors from their family. Eva passed away on 28 January 2017.
Eva Klug (nee Dymova) was born in Sered Czechoslovakia on 2 July 1925. She grew up in a traditionally Jewish household with her parents Alexander and Katerina Dym and two siblings, brother Mickey and sister Marta. Eva attended a Jewish Primary school and a public local high. She was a member of the Jewish sports organisation, Maccabi Hatzair.
In 1942, Eva and her family were imprisoned as forced labour in Sered Transit/Labour/Concentration camp, where Eva worked spinning Angora wool. The family remained working in the camp for two years until the camp was liberated during the Slovak Uprising in 1944. Keen to join the fight, Eva and her brother Mickey joined the Partisan fighters in Banska Bystrica, whilst her sister, brother in law and parents hid in a bunker in Bratislava.
Eva worked alongside the Partisans until the Germans came to quash the partisan uprising. Fleeing from the Germans, Eva and her brother went into hiding in the mountains. Later due to illness, Eva’s brother was hospitalised. Unable to stay with him in the infirmary, she left to go to Bratislava to join her family. In Bratislava, she met Bert Klug (her future husband), who had been in Sered too. Bert was a part of the underground, producing false documents. Eva joined the underground and helped deliver the false documents. In January 1945, Eva was arrested by the Gestapo and transported back to Sered. From Sered, Eva was sent to Theresienstadt, where she remained until the end of the war.
In the two years following liberation, Eva helped individuals with Typhus receive medical care and assist orphans from Theresienstadt to find a home in Switzerland. In 1947, she reconnected with Bert in Bratislava, where they were married. In 1948 they settled in Australia where they raised three sons in Brisbane. Eva and her sister were the only survivors from their family. Eva passed away on 28 January 2017.
Production placeAustralia
Production date circa 1980
Subjectfamily life, life in Australia, grandchildren, survival
Object namephotographs
Materialphotographic emulsion, paper, paper
Dimensions
- width: 127.00 mm
height: 88.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Eva Klug