Leo Max Ernst Kohn

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

1899 - 1969
Leo Kohn photo from declaration of intention
Leo Kohn photo from declaration of intention

“If you tell anybody one word of what has happened here, we will get you wherever you are. On a little farm in America, on a desert in Africa, or in an Asian jungle.” – SS Officer to Leo before leaving Buchenwald.

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Profile

Name in US
Leo Max Ernst Kohn
Name at Birth
Leo Max Ernst Kohn
Date of Birth

01/16/1899

Country of Birth
Germany
City of Birth

Frankfurt am Main

Parents

Clara “Clarchen” Lina Schwarzschild
(04/23/1879 Hessen, Germany – 10/13/1936 Frankfurt, Germany)

Julius Kohn, MD (dermatologist)
(02/21/1865 Baiersdorf, Germany – 07/14/1927)

Married 04/01/1898 Frankfurt, Germany

Sibling(s)

Max Kohn (Spouse: Katharina “Elsa” Piron from Malaga, Spain)
(02/19/1900 Frankfurt, Germany – about 1985)
Married August 27, 1921 Frankfurt, Germany
Escaped to Malaga, Spain and changed his name to Max K. Piron

Rosette Gertrud Kohn (Spouses: Herbert Fritz Bondy, Gottlieb Eckhardt)
(09/03/1903 Frankfurt, Germany – 04/07/1952 Arusha, Tanzania)

Spouse(s)

Irene Simon
(1902-1989)
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
08/06/1969 Columbus, GA
City of Burial / Cemetery
Columbus, GA / Riverdale Cemetery
Camp(s) / Year(s)

Buchenwald
11/13/1938 – 11/30/1938
Prisoner No. 2469 or 29546

Other Experiences

Served in the Germany Army during WWI as an infantry soldier on the front lines
His father, Julius, served as a doctor with the rank of Major. He was in charge of a military hospital and was one of the first field grade Jewish officers in the German Army

November 31, 1938: 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
US Military Service

Registered for the US draft but never served

Dates Lived in Alabama

1940-1944/45

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Demopolis, Gallion
Date and City of Death
08/06/1969 Columbus, GA
City of Burial / Cemetery
Columbus, GA / Riverdale Cemetery