Julius Kahn

Niederzissen, Germany

1905 - 1974
Julius Kahn smiling
Julius Kahn smiling

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Name in US
Julius Kahn
Name at Birth
Julius Khan
Date of Birth

07/22/1905

Country of Birth
Germany
City of Birth

Niederzissen

Parents

Minna Gottschalk
(1877 Niederzissen, Germany – 1944 Auschwitz)

Josef Kahn
(1967 Niederzissen, Germany – 1942 Theresienstadt)

Josef and Minna Kahn, were deported to Theresienstadt, where Josef died. Minna was then deported to Auschwitz where she was murdered.

Sibling(s)

Max Kahn
(1901 Niederzissen, Germany – 1942 Auschwitz)

Frieda Kahn (Hermann Berger)
(1902 Neederzissen, Germany – 1998 Selma, AL)
Emigrated to Selma, AL

Salomon Kahn (Grete [Margarete] Friedman, born 1907 Ludwigsburg, Germany)
(1904 Niederzissen, Germany – 1993 Cali, Colombia)
Emigrated to Palmira, Colombia then later moved to Cali, Colombia

Jetta Kahn (Leo Abraham)
(1907 Niederzissen, Germany -1942 Maly Trosinec, Belarus)
Daughter, Ruth, also died at Maly Trostinec.

Julia Kahn
(1909 Niederzissen, Germany – 1909 Niederzissen, Germany)

Lina Kahn
(1910 Niederzissen, Germany – 1942 Auschwitz)

Dorothea (Dora) Kahn (Ludwig Lewy)
(1912 Niederzissen, Germany – 1981 Selma, AL)
Emigrated to Shanghai, then to Selma, AL

Sally (male) Kahn
(1914 Niederzissen, Germany – 1973 Palmira, Colombia)
Emigrated to Shanghai, then to Palmira, Colombia

Julius lost three siblings at the hands of the Nazis.

Spouse(s)

Never married

Children

None

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Jewish
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Jewish
Dates Lived in Alabama

1947-1974

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Selma
Date and City of Death
08/28/1974 Selma
City of Burial / Cemetery
Selma, AL / Live Oak Cemetery
US Sponsor for Immigration

Julius emigrated to Shanghai, China in 1939 with his brother Sally and his sister and brother-in-law, Dora and Ludwig Lewy. After the war he left Shanghai and went to Selma, where he and Dora and Ludwig Lewy were sponsored by his sister and brother-in-law, Frieda and Hermann Berger of Selma. Sally went on to Colombia, where his brother Salomon lived.

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
January 21, 1947 / SS General Gordon / San Francisco
Dates Lived in Alabama

1947-1974

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Selma
Date and City of Death
08/28/1974 Selma
City of Burial / Cemetery
Selma, AL / Live Oak Cemetery
Memoirs / Books

The Long Way: The History of the Jewish families of the Synagogue Congregation of Niederzissen in Brohl Valley
by Brunhilde Stürmer
(Available in the AHEC Library)