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05/04/1911
Emmerich
Margarete Steinberg
(1880-1916)
Max Kempenich
(1860-1922)
Erna Friederike Kempenich (Spouse: Dr. Alfred Leopold Einstein)
(02/13/1902 Emmerich, Germany – 01/03/1990 Cleveland, OH)
Erich Kempenich
(1903-1944)
Walter Heinz (Heinrich) Kempenich
(1909-1953)
Margareta (Greta) Sybilla Nathan
(06/01/1912 Emmerich, Germany – 12/29/2007 Anniston, AL)
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.
Alfred “Fred” Kemp (Spouse: Madalyn Tonkel)
(02/10/1939 – 02/24/2012)
Donald “Don” Kemp (Spouse #1: Gail Sopkin; Spouse #2: Pat)
(11/12/1951 – 03/09/1988)
Margaret Jean “Jeanne” Kemp (Spouse: Steve Ginsburg)
(06/19/1947 – ?)
1937–1999
Rudy’s father Max, along with a business partner, owned the largest department store in Emmerich. In the US, Rudy would go on to found Tapecraft Corporation, which manufactured narrow tape zippers, clothing, labels, and book bindings.
27 members of Rudy’s family died in concentration camps. Of the 100 Jews in Emmerich, only 32 escaped.
1937–1999
Oral Testimony of Don Kemp (son)
August 11, 2010 | (1:07)
The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
Esther and Herbert Taylor Oral History Collection
Survivor Stories, Rudolph (Rudy) Alfred Kempenich (Kemp)
Temple Beth-El / Anniston
Written by Sherry Blanton, 2010
