2. Born Sara Menco
31 March 1920 (age 95)
Ginneken, Netherlands
Pen name Marga Minco
Occupation Journalist,
writer Language Dutch
Her real surname
was Menco, but an
official accidentally
switched the first vowel.
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5. This short story is a poignant account of a
daughter who goes in search of her mothers
’s belongings after the war ,in Holland .
When she finds them ,the object evokes
memories of her old life.
However she decides to leave them all behind
and resolves to move