Edith Katzenstein was the daughter of Hermann Katzenstein and Henriette Nagel. There were three children in the family; the other two survived the war. The Katzenstein family lived in Witzenhausen until 1929, and then moved to Kassel. Edith completed her training in Witzenhausen and found work in Kassel as a laboratory assistant to Dr Bauer, a chemist. She later worked at Reinhardshausen, a sanato…