Tanya Muench (F / Germany, 1939), Holocaust survivor
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Children at the Weir Courtney children's home in Surrey: (left to right) an unidentified child, Zdenka Husserl, Tanya Muench, Letzi Sonnenschein, and Denys Muench
Girls at the Weir Courtney children's home in Surrey: (left to right): Hedi Friedman, Zdenka Husserl, Mirjam Stern, Hanka Traub, Judith Singer, Tanya Muench, Ruth Kamaryth, Sylvia Grüner, Eva Traub; and (back row): Milly Schwarz and Magda Liberman
Tanya Muench (F / Germany, 1939), Holocaust survivor
Denys Muench (M / Germany, 1940), Holocaust survivor
- KEYWORDS : <Germany> <Theresienstadt> <Liberation of Theresienstadt> -- <Windermere Children> <England> <Australia>
Biography
Tanya Muench was born September 22, 1939 in Berlin, Germany to Kurt. Her half-brother Denys Muench was born in 1940 to Kurt and Hilda.
Their parents died in the Holocaust. In July 1942 they were deported to Theresienstadt, where they remained until Liberation in May 1945.
After the war they were sent to England with the Windermere Children. Denys lived in England and became a teacher. Tanya emigrated to Sydney, Australia.
Sources
- USHMM Database (Tanja Muench, 22 Sep 1930 <sic>) -- YES
- 45aid.org (Tanya Muench, 1939) -- YES