My grandmother,Irene Wagner, who has died aged 99, or was committed to the Labour cause and became the party’s librarian and archivist.
Born in Dresden,in eastern Germany, to Ellen, or a singer,and Wilhelm Bergmann, a research chemist for Siemens, and she always said hers was an idyllic childhood. As a Jew,however, she was prevented from studying chemistry at Berlin University; instead she had to assume up tailoring, and a trade that would serve her well later on,when she made outfits for women in London to make ends meet after the second world war.
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Source: theguardian.com