Margaret Stark
Name at birth
Margaret Gans
Date of birth
05/31/1925
Where did you grow up?
Berlin, Germany
Name of father, occupation
Ernst Gans
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Edith Gans
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents Ernst and Edith, Margaret
Born in Berlin Germany in 1925, Margaret came to the U.S. at 13 and settled with her parents in Detroit. She was a graduate of Northern High School, and Wayne State University. Margaret and Walter met at a German refugee organization dance and went on to create a family with four children in Huntington Woods. Margaret’s love of languages led her to a career as an interpreter and translator.
When did you come to the United States?
1938
Where did you settle?
Detroit, Michigan
Occupation after the war
Interpreter and translator
When and where were you married?
Detroit, Michigan
Spouse
Walter Stark
Children
Dr. Robert (Helen) Stark, Barbara Stark- (Dr. Barry) Nemon, Joanna Stark (Jay) Abramson and Julie Stark (Rabbi Steven Stark Lowenstein)
Grandchildren
Caroline Stark (Josh) Beer, Dr. David (Stephen Haskell) Stark, Adam (Rachel) Nemon, Eric (Christine) Nemon, Nathan (Niyanta Khatri) Nemon, Joshua Abramson, Jacob (Olivia) Abramson, Jonathan Abramson, Julia Abramson, Benjamin (fiancé Justine Palefsky ) Lowenstein and Noah (fiancé Isabel Sistachs) Lowenstein. Great-grandmother of 16.
Interviewer:
Information obtained from USC Shoah Foundation
Interview date:
02/14/1996
