Georg Kahn (1875 - 1943)

Born 18 Dec 1875 in Witten, Westfalen, Preußen, Deutsches Reich

Husband of Rosa (Spangenthal) Kahn — married 6 Oct 1909 in Kassel, Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Deutsches Reich

Died 19 Nov 1943 at age 67 in Konzentrationslager Auschwitz, Bielitz, Oberschlesien, Preußen, Deutsches Reich

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Biography

Georg Kahn has Jewish Roots.

Georg Kahn died as a result of persecution during the Holocaust.

Georg Kahn was born on 18 Dec 1875 in Witten, son of Salomon Kahn and Veilchen Levy.

Georg (33) married Rosa Spangenthal (23) on 6 Oct 1909 in Kassel.^[1] Their children were

• Ilse Kahn (1913-2012)
• Arno Herbert Kahn (1915-2011)
• Rudi Kahn (1919-)

From 20 Apr 1943 to November 1943, Georg was in the Westerbork transit camp in the Netherlands. On 16 Nov 1943, he was deported from there to Auschwitz, where he was murdered on 19 November 1943.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg, Standesamt Kassel I Heiratsregister 1909, Eintrags-Nr. 501-838 (StadtAKS Best. A 3.35.1 Nr. 2.1.97), image 115 (DFG-Viewer : accessed 14 May 2024)

• Das Bundesarchiv, Memorial Book, Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933 - 1945: Kahn, Georg (https://www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch/en892166 : accessed 14 May 2024)
• Yad Vashem, "Georg Kahn," (https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/names/10019513 : accessed 2024-05-14). Last Name: Kahn; First Name: Georg; Gender: Male; Date of Birth: 13/12/1875; Marital Status: Married; Spouse's First Name: Rosa; Spouse's Maiden Name: Spangenthal; Place During the War: Westerbork,Camp,The Netherlands; Status According to Source: camp inmate; Content Note: registered in the exchange list (certificate for Palestine); Source Collection: Efforts to rescue Dutch and Belgian Jews, 1942-1945; Type of Material: Record of persecuted persons; Item ID: 10019513;
• Yad Vashem, "Testimony of Yitzkhak Kohen on Gershom Georg Kahn Kohen," (https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/names/1661883 : accessed 2024-05-14). Last Name: Kohen; First Name: Georg; Gender: Male; Date of Birth: 18/12/1875; Place of Birth: Witten,Ennepe Ruhrkreis (Arnsberg),Westphalia,Germany; Father's First Name: Shmuel; Mother's First Name: Veilchen; Marital Status: Married; Permanent Place of Residence: unstated place,; Profession: Merchant; Place During the War: Westerbork,Camp,The Netherlands; Place of Death: Auschwitz,Camp,Poland; Date of Death: 19/11/1943; Status According to Source: murdered; Submitter Name: Yitzkhak Kohen; Relationship to Victim: Nephew; Source Collection: Yad Vashem - Pages of Testimony Names Memorial Collection; Type of Material: Page of Testimony; Item ID: 1661883;