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01/13/1912
Niederzissen
Minna Gottschalk
(1877 Niederzissen, Germany – 1944 Auschwitz)
Josef Kahn
(1967 Niederzissen, Germany – 1942 Theresienstadt)
Josef and Minna Kahn, were deported to Theresienstadt, where Josef died. Minna was then deported to Auschwitz where she was murdered.
Max Kahn
(1901 Niederzissen, Germany – 1942 Auschwitz)
Frieda Kahn (Hermann Berger)
(1902 Niederzissen, Germany – 1998 Selma, AL)
Emigrated to Selma, AL
Salomon Kahn (Grete [Margarete] Friedman)
(1904 Niederzissen, Germany – 1993 Cali, Colombia)
Emigrated to Palmira, Colombia then later moved to Cali, Colombia
Julius Kahn
(1905 Niederzissen, Germany – 1974 Selma, AL)
Emigrated to Shanghai, then to Selma, AL
Jetta Kahn (Leo Abraham)
(1907 Niederzissen, Germany – 1942 Maly Trosinec, Belarus)
Daughter, Ruth, also died at Maly Trostinec.
Julia Kahn
(1909 Niederzissen, Germany – 1909 Niederzissen, Germany)
Lina Kahn
(1910 Niederzissen, Germany – 1942 Auschwitz)
Sally (male) Kahn
(1914 Niederzissen, Germany – 1973 Palmira, Colombia)
Emigrated to Shanghai, then to Palmira, Colombia
Dora lost three siblings at the hands of the Nazis.
Ludwig Lewy
(1910 Leiwen, Germany – 1983 Selma, AL)
Married December 13, 1938 in Trier, Germany
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1947-1981
Dora emigrated to Shanghai, China in 1939 with her husband Ludwig (and one or two of his brothers) and her brothers, Julius and Sally. In Shanghai, Dora worked as a seamstress. She would carry her sewing machine across the city, passing Japanese guards on her way to work.
After the war, her brother Sally went on to Colombia where his brother Salomon lived, while Dora, Ludwig, and Julius traveled to Selma, sponsored by Dora’s sister and brother-in-law, Frieda and Hermann Berger of Selma.
1947-1981
The Long Way: The History of the Jewish families of the Synagogue Congregation of Niederzissen in Brohl Valley
by Brunhilde Stürmer
(Available in the AHEC Library)
