Eva Ross and Mark Hutman.
Eva Ross and Mark Hutman.
Eva Ross interviewed Mark Hutman, grandson of Fanny Zlabosky, at Magoffin Visitor Center in anticipation of Women's History Month, March 2024.
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According to walking tour guide from Magoffin Historic District, Fannie Hutman Zlablovsky was born in Kiev in 1877. She was sent temporairily to an orphanage in New Orleans for three years. She reunited with her mother and siblings in San Antonio as a young teen. Fannie moved to El Paso,TX in 1900 as the wife of Frank Zlablovsky. Their home was at the SE corner of Olive Ave and Tays St. The couple was instrumental in founding of B'nai Zion congregation. Trained at the orphanage as a bookkeeper, Fannie Zlabovsky worked for the El Paso Section of the National Council of Jewish Women from 1920-1940s. Working from her two-story house on Olive Avenue she helped over 230 Jewish and non-Jewish families escape Nazis and fascism by entering the US through Cuidad Juarez. Fannie kept detailed files of her work in English and Yiddish, which are stored in the Special Collections at UTEP Library.
Council of Jewish Women in El Paso TX was at 204 S. Stanton in El Paso, TX. Fanny very involved with this group.