Ida Enthof | |
Enthof on her 110th birthday in 2023 | |
Birth: | 7 September 1913 Osterrode am Harz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
Age: | 111 years, 90 days |
Country: | GER |
Validated |
Ida Enthof (born 7 September 1913) is a German supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in October 2023. She is currently the second-oldest known living person in Germany, after Martha Henze.
Biography[]
Ida Enthof was born in Lower Osterrode am Harz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on 7 September 1913. She was the oldest of 2 children. She was allowed to manage the family's postroom which was a very happy memory of her, it was also a reason that she never saw much of the world as there was always much work on her family's farm. She later married and became a mother of 2 children. Her husband got drafted into the Wehrmacht when world war II started and was reported missing in the battle of Starlingrat, and never returned home. She and her children fledt with a train to Pomerania.
In September 2023, she celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian. As of March 2024 her son Heinz Enthof (aged 86) was still alive
Ida Enthof currently lives in Lower Saxony, Germany at the age of 111 years, 90 days.
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References[]
- Zum 110. Geburtstag ein Stück Zwetschgenkuchen leinetal24, 7 September 2023
- article in march 2024 Preußische Allgemeine, 26 March 2024