Armin's daughter
Valerie Marsha Gerechter
Toronto, 20 December 1954 – Toronto, 30 September 2023
aged 68
Valerie Marsha Gerechter was born in Toronto on 20 December 1954, the daughter of Armin and Jean.
Her father had come to Canada as a refugee, and most of his sisters had been murdered in the Holocaust. By the time she was born he had a shop of his own again. He died the next summer, when she was eight months old, so she never knew him.
She lived in Toronto, and she died there on 30 September 2023. She was sixty-eight.
Close family
- FatherArmin Josef Gerechter 1899 – 1955
- MotherJean Frances Gerechter, née Sandberg 1910? – 1973
- ChildrenValerie's children
- SisterA daughter
In Armin's films
- Film 5, überlebt in Kanada20 December 1954. His daughter Valerie is born.
What we don't know
The archive holds little yet about her own life. Her family will know it far better than any record.
The recordsthe archive's notes, dates and sources
Life events
| Date | Place | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Born after Armin's Dec 1946 naturalization |
Sources
- Geni
The small letters after an entry name its source: GB the German Memorial Book, JM the Joods Monument, AROL the Arolsen Archives, GENI the family tree on Geni, STOL the stones.