Edith, was born in Lodz, Poland in 1926, and she was incarcerated in Auschwitz until it was liberated. Returning to Lodz after the war she found that none of her family had survived and their home had been taken over by the local Poles. She returned to the town of Warta where she had first been liberated to and helped to nurse other returning Jews. There she met and married Zelig, who had also been in Auschwitz and was the sole survivor of a family of 26.
Zelig’s family business had been forestry, farming and grain and he began to do well, but following the rise of Polish Fascists they left Poland and eventually arrived in England with no money, no language and no job. After a short time they managed to purchase their farm at Bedingfield in Suffolk between 1948/49 and Edith learned how to look after the farm books as Zelig ran the farm. Their children, Leonard and Eileen were born and their farm began to thrive through their hard work.
Edith worked for 10 years with the meals on wheels service and as a fundraiser for the British Red Cross for 16 years. After Zelig died in 1988, Edith continued to live at Bedingfield and her son, Leonard, ran the successful farm. She never forgot the people who helped them in the early years in England. She loved her children and grandchildren and in her latter years seeing her great grandchildren running around her living room was her greatest pleasure. She was an extraordinary lady who was generous, determined, stubborn, ever loving and also loved and admired by all those who knew her.
The Munter Family