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Manya Wallenfels (F / Poland, 1936), Holocaust survivor
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Biography
March of the Living
MANYA WALLENFELS was born in 1936 in Buszk, Poland. In 1942, the Germans forced the family to flee. The family escaped to a nearby village. But then returned to their home. They were then forced into the ghetto. The family kept moving hiding places, in the forest, a cemetery and even a swamp. Her mother died following the war in the town of Bytom. Manya has been able to visit her mother’s grave while she travels on the March of the Living. Manya and her father managed to get traveling papers as French citizens. They then went to Hungary. She lived in Hungary from 1947 until 1956. IN 1956 she and her boyfriend Mike escaped to the U.S. They first settled in Buffalo New York and then later moved to San Diego CA. They have 2 children and 5 grandchildren.