Magda Mary Hull New York CityMagda Mary Hull, 101, passed away peacefully at her home on April 3, 2013. Trained in Berlin and at the Sorbonne in Paris, she was certified as a translator. A refugee from Nazi Germany, she worked in 1934 at the Club Heinrich Heine in Paris as a volunteer to help political refugees, married her husband, Max, in 1935, and emigrated with him to the United States in 1937, eternally grateful to her adopted land for the opportunity to begin life again. As she said, America took us in when no one else wanted us. I will never forget to be grateful. She never did. She was a devoted daughter, who, through a force of will and with the help of John Foster Dulles, Congressman Sol Blum, and Averill Harriman, managed to get her parents released from internment camps in Vichy France. A supportive wife and incredibly caring mother, she instilled her unfailing optimism and a sense of humor in her children. Always concerned about those less fortunate, she tutored disadvantaged children, volunteered at the Institute for International Education, and worked on behalf of Selfhelp, an organization dedicated to the last surviving relative to all victims of Nazi persecution that was created in 1936 to help waves of emigres fleeing from Nazi persecution to find new lives in America. As a Selfhelp volunteer, she often visited refugees much younger than she and annually provided for the transportation of refugees to a benefit concert. Predeceased by her husband, Max, she is survived by her children, Roger H. Hull and Cathy M. Hull; son-in-law, Neil Janovic; three grandchildren, Roberto F. Hull, Lincoln M. Hull, and Julie Janovic Brooks; and two great-grandchildren, Victoria and Harrison Brooks. Donations to the ;(function() { var adKeyValue = 't='; adKeyValue+= escape('clio=COYCADA'); adKeyValue += escape('&cobrand=dailygazette'); adKeyValue += escape('&linktext=charity of one\'s choice'); adKeyValue += escape('&linkurl=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailygazette/condolences-charities.aspx?keyword=coycada&pid=164074056'); adKeyValue += escape('&fn=Magda'); adKeyValue += escape('&ln=Hull'); var adClkUrl = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/423686928/prod/obit-aff/obit-standard/clio-inline-1&' + adKeyValue + '&sz=1x1&c=863535974'; var adImpUrl = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/423686928/prod/obit-aff/obit-standard/clio-inline-1&' + adKeyValue + '&sz=1x1&c=863535974'; document.write("<a href='" + adClkUrl + "' target=_blank>charity of one\'s choice<" + 'img' + " src='" + adImpUrl + "' style='width=1px; height=1px; display:inline;' /></a>"); }()); would be greatly appreciated.