Born:
February 9, 1921
Thessaloniki, Greece
Died:
October 18, 1999
Charles Molho’s father, a banker, died when Charles was only five years old, leaving his mother to support herself and her four children as a seamstress. Molho and his siblings attended the local Catholic schools, after which Charles and his brother worked in the lumber industry. When the German army occupied Greece in April 1941, Molho and his fiancée were sent to different ghettos. After they were caught sneaking out to visit each other, both were sent to Auschwitz on a cattle car, hurriedly marrying that same morning. Charles’s new wife was sent immediately to the gas chambers. From Auschwitz Molho was sent to various forced labor sites, including Dora, Germany where the V1 and V2 ballistic missiles were developed and built. Charles was finally liberated by the United States Army in January 1945. After the war, Molho met and married his wife, fellow Survivor Soula Stefanidis, in a Displaced Persons (DP) camp. Two of their three children were born in the camp before the couple made their way to Galveston in 1951.
Parents:
Joseph Molho, d. in 1926
Grace Confortes Molho, d. Auschwitz
Siblings:
Isaac “Jack” Molho, d. in Greco-Italian War, Dec. 1940
Adele Molho, d. in Holocaust
Lucy Molho, d. in Holocaust
Sarah Molho, d. in Holocaust