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- Birth nameSara Menco
- Marga Minco was born on March 31, 1920 in Ginneken, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She was a writer, known for Het bittere kruid (1985) and Amsterdam 700 (1975). She was married to Bert Voeten. She died on July 10, 2023 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- SpouseBert Voeten(August 29, 1945 - December 26, 1992) (his death, 2 children)
- Her book "Bitter Herbs," first published in 1957 in Dutch ("Het Bittere Kruid") and dedicated to her murdered family, was her first novel. For decades it has been required reading in schools in the Netherlands.
- She was the only member of her immediate family to survive the Holocaust.
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