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Irene Simon Kohn

Wiesbaden, Germany

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

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Irene's Parents: Friedrich and Sophie Simon.
Irene's Father: Friedrich Simon.
The Kohn Family in front of their apartment on Priest Strasse. Frankfurt, Germany, circa 1930.
Leo Kohn before marriage.
Herbert and Ernst Kohn. Frankfurt, circa 1928.
Ernst, with glasses, Herbert in red box, with cousins at grandmother's house for lunch.
Hand drawn family tree created in efforts to find a sponsor to facilitate emigration. Dorah Heyman (1896) and her husband Mervyn Sterne of Birmingham are located on the left side of the tree, middle branch, four circles in. They sponsored the Kohn Family's immigration to the US. Circa 1935-1936. (Image provided by Frank Kohn)
Ernst, Leon, Irene, Herbert. Margate, England, circa 1939-1940.
Irene Kohn. United States, 1940.
Leo Kohn. United States, 1940.
Herbert with parents Leo and Irene. Auburn University TEP House, 1949.
Herbert with parents Irene and Leo. Columbus, GA.
Herbert and Ernst with their mother, Irene, on her 80th birthday. 1982. Courtesy of the Cuba Family Archives for Southern Jewish History at the Breman Museum.

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
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