Frieda was born in Munich Germany in 1924 to Gisa Sima Blasbalg and Avraham Isaac Sturm. She married Monju Moshe Tiefenbrunner and had 4 children. She died in 1991 in Jerusalem.פרידה נולדה במינכן גרמניה ב1924 לגיזה סימה בלסבלג ואברהם יצחק שטורם. היא התחתנה עם משה טיפנברונר ב1947 וילדה 4 ילדים. היא נפטרה ב1991 בירושלים
My mother Frieda was fondly known by all as Friedel . She was born in Munich in 1924 to Gisa and Izaak. Her brother Ossi was born 7 years later and a year later Sula (Shula) arrived. She spent her former years growing up in Germany until the age of 14. In 1938 when the Nazi's came to power and life became unbearable Izaak decided to move his family from Germany to Switzerland and then move to England. Only months before war broke out the family managed to escape over the border to Switzerland.They remained in Switzerland for 6 months while he organized his affairs in London.I don't know many details about their trials and tribulations getting to know a new life and language but one thing is for sure they were not alone as thousands of refugees were attempting the same thing.Frieda patchily continued her education but when war was declared between Britain and Germany and bombs were dropping on London all the children were evacuated to the countryside.Friedel insisted that she should be kept together with her brother and sister. This was no mean feat as not many families were keen to have 3 children staying especially as they knew hardly a word of English. Ima often related how awful the family that took them in was. The lady of the house used Ima as her housemaid and made her do all sorts of housework . She had to explain to the family in broken English about "Kashrut"! and was offered English tea with milk and burnt rice. She had many stories to tell about her time away and none of them very joyful. Eventually they were all allowed to return home to London and she refused to return to the countryside.
