Ina Parey Sprinz, née Pappenheimer was born in Berlin on October 21, 1913 as the only daughter of the merchant Karl Pappenheimer and his wife Flora, née Kugelmann. Her mother’s ancestors came from a long-established Jewish family of Bad Kissingen who had already been living in the Franconian spa town at the end of the 17^th century and worked as dealers of art and antiquities. Her parents had moved to Berlin during World War I.

In the 1920s, Ina Pappenheimer lived in Bad Kissingen, Maxstrasse nearly all the time. Since 1932, she stayed in Berlin-Charlottenburg in the winter months and in the Franconian spa town during the spa season.

At the end of July 1937, she ultimately checked out and moved to Berlin. Unlike her parents who were deported and murdered she was able to escape to the United States in time. In December 1938, the 25-year-old student went on board the ship “Normandie” in Le Havre. In New York, she was first taken care of by a relative. As early as in 1939, she became an American citizen. In December 1941, she married Hans Parey Sprinz.

According to her cousin Herbert Cordier (Herbert Kugelmann), she later settled in Miami/ Florida and outlived her three husbands. Ina Parey Sprinz died in Miami in December 2006 at the age of 93.