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Gertrud Koch
June 01, 1924 - June 21, 2016
Gertrud “Mucki” Koch was born in Cologne, the daughter of a boilermaker and an apothecary.
Her father was a communist, frequently arrested after 1933 and murdered in a concentration camp in 1942. The family suffered a great deal of repression.
Gertrude koch biography
Gertrud’s mother lost her job and the two of them had to leave their home. Money was tight and Gertrud had to earn money even as a child. Her mother could not afford to send her to high school, so she took an apprenticeship in a Montessori kindergarten.
She was not allowed to take her final examinations, however, as her family was regarded as “politically unreliable.” Gertrud Koch was a member of the communist Red Young Pioneers before the National Socialists took power, and refused to join the