Irene Simon Kohn

Wiesbaden, Germany

1902 - 1989
Irene Kohn - Declaration of Intention photo smiling
Irene Kohn - Declaration of Intention photo smiling

“If he ever should come back, we’ve got to get him out of this place immediately, out of this country.”

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Profile

Name in US
Irene Simon Kohn
Name at Birth
Irene Simon
Married Name
Irene Simon Kohn
Date of Birth

06/08/1902

Country of Birth
Germany
City of Birth

Wiesbaden

Parents

Sophie Kleeblatt
Died 1940 of natural causes

Friederich Simon
11/16/1877 Weilen, Germany – 1942 in a cattle car during deportation to Minsk

Spouse(s)

Leo Max Ernst Kohn
(01/16/1899 Frankfurt – 08/06/1969 Columbus, GA)
Married December 5, 1922 Frankfurt, Germany

Children

Ernest Ferdinand Markus Kohn
(09/24/1923 Frankfurt, Germany – 08/04/2004 Anniston, AL)

Herbert Kohn
(09/27/1926 Frankfurt, Germany – 07/17/2020 Atlanta, GA)

 

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Conservative Judaism
Dates Lived in Alabama

1940-1944/45

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Demopolis, Gallion
Date and City of Death
10/16/1989 Columbus, GA
City of Burial / Cemetery
Columbus, GA / Riverdale Cemetery
Other Experiences

May 1939: Emigrated to England

US Sponsor for Immigration

Dorah (Heyman) and Mervyn Sterne, Birmingham, AL

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
March 21, 1940 / SS Lancastria / New York, NY
Dates Lived in Alabama

1940-1944/45

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Demopolis, Gallion
Date and City of Death
10/16/1989 Columbus, GA
City of Burial / Cemetery
Columbus, GA / Riverdale Cemetery