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1902 - 1989

Irene Simon Kohn

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Photos & Documents

  • Friedrich and Sophie Simon

  • Friedrich Simon

  • Kohn Family, Frankfurt

  • Leo Kohn, Frankfurt

  • Herbert and Ernst Kohn

  • Ernst with glasses, Herbert in red box, with cousins at grandmothers for lunch

  • Ernst, Leo, Irene, Herbert - Margate, England

  • Irene Kohn, 1940, US

  • Leo Kohn, 1940, US

  • Herbert with Leo and Irene, Auburn University, TEP House, 1949

  • Herbert with Leo and Irene, Columbus, GA

  • Herbert and Ernst with mother, Irene on her 80th birthday

More Information

Name in US
Irene Simon Kohn
Name at Birth
Irene Simon
Married Name
Irene Simon Kohn
Date of Birth
June 8, 1902
Country of Birth
Germany
City of Birth
Wiesbaden
Spouse(s) Name(s)

Leo Max Ernst Kohn
(1899-1969)
Married December 5, 1922 Frankfurt, Germany

Children's Names

Ernest Ferdinand Markus Kohn
(1923 Frankfurt, Germany – 2004 Anniston, AL)

Herbert Kohn
(1926 Frankfurt, Germany – 2020 Atlanta, GA)

 

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Conservative Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Conservative Judaism
Other Experiences

Kristallnacht
Emigrated to England, May 1939

Year / City / Ship to US
March 21, 1940 / New York, NY / SS Lancastria
Date Moved to Alabama
1940
Alabama City of Residence
Demopolis, Gallion
Date of Death
October 16, 1989
City of Death
Columbus, GA
City of Burial / Cemetery
Columbus, GA / Riverdale Cemetery

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