Courtesy of Paul and Rona Arato

The Auslander family at home in Karcag after the war in 1947. From left: Oscar, Lenke, Ignaz, and Paul.

Lenke Auslander died on November 25th, 1951. A year later, due to strong pressure from the Soviet-controlled communist government in Hungary, Ignaz decided to change the family name from the German Auslander to a Hungarian one. They chose Arato.