Lina Munz, née Wassermann
" The life of Therese’s sister Lina (actually Berta Lina) Munz, who lived with her Protestant husband Emil at Rosenstraße 13, was also threatened. A friend of the family remembers:
“He was frequently ordered to divorce his Jewish wife. But he always was loyal to her. (…) She had a happy nature and simply disregarded many of the Nazi regulations. She did not wear the yellow star, as her niece told me. She always had people in her building and in the neighborhood that helped her loyally. In January 1945 her husband was deported to the forced labor camp in Leimbach near Eisleben (clarification: This actually took place already on November 20, 1944 – note by author). The reason for his deportation was being married to a Jewish wife. Mrs. Munz received the order to prepare for deportation shortly after that. I remember that my landlady gave a warm wool blanket to her sister-in-law. She was taken to Theresienstadt. She was convinced that she would be able to return home again. Because of her positive attitude she also helped others to hold out.”
Lina Munz describes her liberation as follows:
“On May 9, 1945 we were liberated by the advancing Russian troops. An SS-officer, one of the prison guards who was later sentenced to death and hanged in Austria, stated to the Swiss Red Cross that we were designated to be slated by gas on May 10, 1945.”
*Lina Munz remained living in Göppingen until her death in 1966. For a long time her memories of the Nazi atrocities in Göppingen remained the most important source if anyone wanted to obtain information on this subject. She was the one who took in 18-year-old Richard Fleischer when he returned to his home town in October 1945 after four years of torture and forced labor." - http://stolpersteine-goeppingen.de/en/goeppingen/wassermann-isaak-und-therese/
https://www.alemannia-judaica.de/images/Images%20347/Ruess%20Deportation.pdf
MtL - Mapping the Lives
her husband Emil: MtL - Mapping the Lives