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Inge Heiman Karo at age 11 in 1937.

Inge Heiman Karo was born in Essen, Germany, in 1926. Along with her parents and younger brother, she fled to the United States in December 1939. Many of her relatives were murdered in the Holocaust.

Growing up in Philadelphia, Inge attended high school and went on to hold various jobs, including stenographer, bookkeeper, and legal secretary. In 1982 she graduated from Beaver College (now Arcadia University) with a degree in psychology. She was a member of the Junior Hadassah organization and the Abington Town Watch, and she volunteered in such positions as an aide in the physical therapy department of Abington Memorial Hospital and a cook for the Cook for a Friend program.

In 1997 Inge wrote and published the book Joseph and His Daughter: From 1890–1980, based on her family’s experiences before, during, and after the war. This book includes a play entitled The Library, which is based on her experience of having to turn in her library card during the Holocaust. Students at Muhlenberg College created a theatre show based on this play and other pieces from her book that was performed at schools and Holocaust conferences throughout Pennsylvania.

Now retired, Inge does volunteer work for the Holocaust Oral History Archive at Gratz College. She also speaks to student groups about the Holocaust. She and her husband have one son and two grandsons.