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Marion Baumann-Parkhurst (August 21, 1912 - April 6, 2009) was an Olympian, registered Nurse, Writer, and survivor of the Bargen-Belsen concentration camps during the Holocaust.

Life
Born to Frieda and Julius Rosenthal as a Jewish German citizen in Konigsberg, Prussia, Marion grew up with a middle-class yet idyllic childhood up until the Hitler years. She had been in training as a 1936 Summer Olympics contestant until her participation was refused due to her being Jewish. When the 1934 Nuremberg Laws went into effect, the Nazi government would often refuse to accept an honour won by a Jew. Such laws also cancelled the family's German Citizenship. When fellow Jewish people began to abandon Germany due to the escalation of Nazi cruelty, Marion's family decided to remain where they were. Soon after the government seized her fathers advertising business they finally decided to flee, penniless, to the still free country of Holland. While living in there, Marion Baumann-Parkhurst met and later married Walter Baumann.

During the time Nazi's had control of Germany most Jews were sent to concentration camps. Marion, her husband, and her parents were also sent to such camps. Both her parents lost their lives there. Marion and Walter were sent to the camp Bergen-Belsen until they were released by Allied forces towards the very end of the war. After being freed, they returned to Holland as displaced and stateless people. They had a newborn daughter at the time and decided to settle in America; finally putting down roots in California. As neither of them could speak proficient English, they were forced to start small in the workforce; going eventually from house-cleaning all the way to becoming a registered nurse. Marion eventually divorced Walter, partially due to the stress of post-war life, and later remarried to Don Parkhurst who was a schoolteacher-lab tech. Their honeymoon led to years of world travelling that eventually landed them in Scotts Valley, California, where they spent the rest of their lives involving themselves with literature.

Works
Marion Baumann-Parkhurst wrote two published books in her lifetime: 'Searching Survivor and the answer I found' and 'Searching Survivor: Volume II'. Both of her works were published by Genie Press.