Henny Wenkart papers
Henny (Henriette) Wenkart was born in Vienna, Austria on 5 July 1928, the daughter of Hermann (b. 1896) and Rose (b. 1904, nee Stein) Wenkart. In 1939, she was chosen to be one of the "50 children" who immigrated to the United States as part of a transport organized by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus in June 1939. After her own immigration, Henny was reunited with her parents and sister Elenore, who arrived ...