Mary Grünfeld Wilk Sanders Holocaust Story

A testimony. MarY was born in 1912 in Tarnov, Poland and grew up in Berlin, Germany. After the enactment of the Nuremberg Laws in 1935, Jewish life in Germany in general and in Berlin in particular began to become unbearably difficult. The situation became even worse after Kristallnacht on November 9, 1938. As a result, Mary and her family looked for a way to escape from Nazi Germany. Mary eventually managed to get a visa to Brazil. On December 7, 1939, Marie arrived at Safety to Rio de Janeiro. About a month later, her mother arrived as well. Mary did not learn the Portuguese language systematically but from what she heard on the street. Marie tells about her family's history, in fluent German and in English.