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Born on 17 December 1904 in Berlin, Marie Helene (Marli) Heimann was the daughter of Hans
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and at the Herzl School in Berlin. While back in Berlin, she met and married the Jewish history scholar. Intent on escaping from the Nazi regime, the couple emigrated to the United States in 1938. The following year, she was invited by fellow
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