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 (Spouse: Hermann Berger)
(1902 Niederzissen, Germany – 1998 Selma, AL)
Emigrated to Selma, AL

Salomon Kahn (Spouse: 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 (Spouse: 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 (Spouse: 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

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)