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Gafni, whose original family name was Weinstock, was born on 28 May When Hungary was finally occupied in the closing stages of WWII, the family was rounded up and deported Miklos to forced labour camps in Silesia, the others to unknown destinations.
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He was the sole survivor of the family, literally singing for his life in the death camps of eastern Europe. After liberation from Mauthausen in , just a couple of weeks before his 22nd birthday, he returned to Hungary.
In he debuted as Alfredo in La Traviata at the Budapest Stadtoper to great acclaim and also sang the leads in Samson and Delilah and Tosca.
To develop the enormous potential of his wonderful voice, he travelled to Italy. There he received tuition from some of the greatest names of that time: Pertile, Stracciari and Gigli. After a performance at the American Embassy at Rome, he was invited to travel to the States for a series of concerts.
In February he debuted at both the Town Hall and Carnegie Hal