Hedy Wachenheimer was born to a Jewish family in Freiburg, and in 1939 fled Nazi persecution via the Kindertransport to England. All but two of her family were killed at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust.
Born into a Jewish family in Freiburg, Hedy Wachenheimer's life was marked by tragedy when she fled Nazi-occupied Germany in 1939 via the Kindertransport to England. Tragically, only two of her family members survived the atrocities committed at Auschwitz during the Holocaust.