Cape Town, South Africa
1City/Town/Shtetl Name
Savyon. Israel
2Name
Melanie Book
3Maiden name
Halberstaft
4Email address
melaniebook@gmail.com
5Year I was born
1944
63 words that exemplify for me what it was like growing up there
Only religious girl
7Date I left
1961
8Age when I left
17
9Reason for leaving
Univerdity
10Where I went
Cape town
11Scholastic achievements, degrees, qualifications and where they are from
Pre school teacher. Barkley house. Cape town
12Where I live now
Israel
13What I do / did
Retired senior
14Marital status
Married 2nd time
15Date and place of wedding
1st- 5/9-65 GRT. 2bd. 9/3/97 savyon
16Where my partner was born
East London/ Brooklyn NY
17What my partner does / did
Market research/ Doctor
18My children, names, year born, where they live and what they do
Twins. Tanya rifja Reinfeld. Yael Ella golan birn 16/10/70
19My father, where he was born, when he died, at what age, where buried and occupation
Born Hamburg, Germany. Died June 2004 93 yrs old. Buried Petach tikva usrael
20My mother, where she was born, when she died, at what age, where buried and occupation
Latvia. Died Nov. 1981. Buried Petach tikva. Was 68 yrs old
21My paternal grandfather, where he was born, when he died, at what age, where buried and occupation
Germany
Book (nee Halberstaft) Melanie