Greta Nathan Kemp

Emmerich, Germany

1912 - 2007
Greta Nathan smiling in posed photo
Greta Nathan smiling in posed photo

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Name in US
Greta Nathan Kemp
Name at Birth
Margareta “Greta” Sybilla Nathan
Married Name
Greta Kemp
Date of Birth

06/01/1912

Country of Birth
Germany
City of Birth

Emmerich

Parents

Regina (Ina) Freibaum
1886 Giershagen, Germany – 1883 Anniston, AL

Felix Nathan
1886 Emmerich, Germany – 1977 Anniston, AL

Sibling(s)

Herta “Helen” Nathan (Nat Arkus/Alfred Caro)
(1913-1967)

Heinz “Henry” Nathan (Sophie Nathan)
(1920-1974)

Spouse(s)

Rudolph “Rudy” Alfred Kempenich (Kemp)
(1911-1999)
Married October 10, 1935 in Emmerich, Germany

Rudy and Greta met at the family department store where Greta worked (Nathan and Gompertz).

Rudy and Greta were the last couple to be married in the synagogue in Emmerich, two years before they fled across that bridge over the Rhine. Standing on a pedestal in front of them on their wedding day was the four-foot tall brass Emmerich menorah.

Children

Alfred “Fred” Kemp (Madalyn Tonkel)
(February 10, 1939 – February 24, 2012)

Donald “Don” Kemp (Gail Sopkin; Pat)
November 12, 1951 – March 9, 1988

Margaret Jean “Jeanne” Kemp (Steve Ginsburg)
June 19, 1947 – ?

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

1937- 2007

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Anniston
Date and City of Death
12/29/2007, Anniston
City of Burial / Cemetery
Anniston / Highland Cemetery
Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
December 11, 1937 / SS Washington / New York, NY
Dates Lived in Alabama

1937- 2007

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Anniston
Date and City of Death
12/29/2007, Anniston
City of Burial / Cemetery
Anniston / Highland Cemetery
Personal Testimonies

Oral Testimony of Don Kemp (son)
August 11, 2010 | (1:07)
The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
Esther and Herbert Taylor Oral History Collection

Additional Resources

Survivor Stories, Margareta (Greta) Sybilla Nathan Kemp
Temple Beth-El / Anniston
Written by Sherry Blanton, 2010

Anniston Holocaust Survivors/Family Tree