Grethe Bartram was born on 23 February 1924 in Aarhus, Denmark, as the second of eight children. Her father, Niels Peter Christopher Bartram was from southern Jutland and since it was part of the German Empire from 1864 to 1920, he had therefore participated in World War I on the German side. Throughout the war which began on the 28th of July 1914 and ended on the 11th of November 1918, Denmark was neutral. Though Grethe’s father Niels Bartram suffered from shellshock from the war and found it difficult to work, he managed to operate a small bicycle repair shop in Aarhus. Both Niels and his wife were members of the Communist Party of Denmark as were the social circles of the family.
In 1937, at the age of 13, Grethe Bartram left school and worked for a couple of years at institution for mentally disabled people in Brejning, before finding work in Aarhus.
When the Second World War began on the 1st of September 1939, Grethe was 15 years old.
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