Henrietta (Henny) Levin is the daughter of Kurt Steiner and Ilse Steiner (née Tichauer), who died when Henny was 15 years old. Kurt and Ilse were married on 23 March 1943 in London. Kurt Steiner’s parents were Richard Steiner (12 Dec 1884 – 13 Mar 1939) and Elsa Steiner (née Kohn), who managed to survive during the war hiding in Italy. Richard Steiner was born and died in Vienna. Kurt Steiner had two brothers: Fritz Steiner, who lived in the USA and Erwin Steiner, who lived in Chester, UK.

After Ilse’s death, her husband Kurt Steiner married his second wife, Stefanie Sussmann, born in Berlin on 18 December 1924. Stefanie’s parents were Hildegard Irene Sussmann (née Franck) and Manfred Sussmann (23 Apr 1892 - 26 May 1958), a jurist. When Stefanie was 11, her parents divorced and Hildegard and Stefanie moved to London, where Stefanie attended boarding school.

Henrietta Levin was married to Manfred Lehmann who died at a young age. Manfred’s parents were Beatrice Lehmann (née Joseph) and Guenther Lehmann. Guenther Lehmann’s family was from Krajenka a small German city near the border with Poland. Guenther started working as a commerce apprentice in Berlin but later on moved in South Africa. Beatrice was born in Berlin on 25 June 1912, was Guenther’s sister (Johanna) friend. They both started exchanging letters and finally Beatrice moved to South Africa and married Gunther on 2 September 1939. Manfred was born on 20 December 1941 in Johannesburg. After the Sharpeville massacre in 1960 Guenther and Beatrice moved to Chile where Guenther’s sister was then living. After a short stay in Chile, they moved to London.