Erna Petri, the daughter of a farmer, was born on 30 May 1920 in Herressen then part of the Weimar Republic, which was the name given to the German government from 1918 - 1933.
In 1936, the 16-year-old Erna met Horst Petri, and despite her father’s objections, they quickly began a relationship. A year later, Erna became pregnant and the two got married in 1938. The child was a boy and several years later they had one more child, a daughter, who was born in January 1943.
The Second World War began on 1 September 1939 when Germany invaded Poland.
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