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Salomon Kahn * 1890

Grindelberg 77 (Eimsbüttel, Harvestehude)

Auschwitz
tot 29.3.1945 Bergen-Belsen

further stumbling stones in Grindelberg 77:
Albert Glaser, Rebecka Glaser, Hanne Kahn, Hertha Kahn, Mirjam Kahn, Bernhard Kahn, Hermann Kapost

Hertha Kahn, née Flörsheim, b. 8.22.1897 in Hamburg, fled to the Netherlands in1933, interned at Westerbork on 8.8.1942, deported to Auschwitz on 8.10.1942, murdered there on 9.30.1942

Salomon Kahn, b. 2.3.1890 in Lübeck, fled to the Netherlands in1933, interned at Westerbork in 1943, deported from there in 1944 to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, murdered there on 3.29.1945

Hanna (Hanne) Kahn, b. 9.13.1923 in Lübeck, fled to the Netherlands in1933, interned at Westerbork on 7.15.1942, deported on the same day to Auschwitz, murdered there on 9.30.1942

Miriam Kahn, b. 4.17.1926 in Lübeck, interned at Westerbork on 7.15.1942, deported on the same day to Auschwitz, murdered there 8.17.1942

Bernhard Kahn, b. 7.11.1927 in Hamburg, fled to the Netherlands in 1933, interned at Westerbork in 1943, deported from there to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1944, murdered there on 2.27,1945

Grindelberg 77

Hertha Flörsheim‘s mother was Hanna, née Jacobson, born on 26 February 1866, died on 20 January 1943 in Haifa. Her father, born 2 October 1858, was named Jacob. He ran a lottery business for the Hamburg Lottery Society. Aside from that, he worked in banking. His business premises were initially at Reeperbahn 146, later at Glockengiesserwall 13. He died in October 1931. Following his death, his wife Hanna took over the business.

Hertha grew up in a family with many children. She had four brothers and a sister, who was, like her, born in Hamburg. The oldest brother was Michael Jacob, born on 27 December 1888. He became a jurist and worked from 1919 as an attorney in Hamburg. Then came her sister Jettchen, born on 11 December 1889, followed by Salomon Jacob, born 8 February 1893, who became a businessman. Then came Hertha and after her, on 30 September 1899, Bernhard, as well as the youngest, Siegfried, born 10 April 1903. As an adult and after his father’s death, he looked after the business. The family lived at Bieberstrasse 12 in the Grindel quarter. Their mother had not learned a trade.

Around 1922, Hertha married Salomon Kahn. He was born in Lübeck on 3 February 1890 and was a businessman. The couple probably lived in Lübeck until 1927; from 1928, Salomon was registered in the Jewish Congregation of Hamburg. He and Hertha had three children: Hanna (b. 13 September 1923 in Lübeck), Miriam (b. 17 April 1926 in Lübeck), and Bernhard (b. 11 July 1927 in Hamburg). The family lived at Grindelberg 77T. It appears unlikely that Hertha practiced a trade, because she was not issued a Communal Religion Tax card.

On 4 May 1933, Hertha and Salomon Kahn emigrated to the Netherlands with their children Hanna, Miriam und Bernhard. They lived at first in Amsterdam at Rubensstraat 80I, from September 1937 at Rubensstraat 90II. In the same house and on the same floor lived also the chiropodist Antje Monnikendam, b. 21 August 1919 in Amsterdam, murdered on 4 April 1944 in Auschwitz. In June 1942, the Kahn family settled at Zuider Amstellaan 205, and in August 1943 at Rietzstrasse 38III.

Salomon Kahn found work at a life insurance company. From 25 July 1942, he worked with the "Jewish Council for Amsterdam” (the "Joodse Raad voor Amsterdam”), an organization founded under pressure from the German occupiers. It existed from February 1941 until September 1943 and was compelled to function as an instrument of the German persecution of Jews in the Netherland. He also belonged to the executive board of the Amsterdam Talmud Torah School. Bernhard initially attended the non-confessional Montessori Elementary School at Corellistraat. Afterwards he transferred to the Jewish Orthodox HBS (Hogerburgerschool, or a secondary citizen school) where his sisters Miriam and Hanna were already enrolled. Hanna was also a member of the school’s theater club "LÁVARE.”
On 15 July 1942, the just 16-year old Miriam Kahn and her three year older sister Hanna were sent to the Westerbork "transit camp,” and both were deported on the same day to Auschwitz. Miriam was murdered there on 17 August 1942, Hanna on 30 September 1942.

Hertha Kahn was interned at Westerbork on 8 August 1942, and, two days later, deported to Auschwitz. There, she was, exactly like her daughter, murdered on 30 September 1942.

Salomon Kahn and the 17-year old Bernhard were arrested on 29 September 1943 in Amsterdam and taken to Westerbork. From there they were deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Bernhard Kahn was murdered on 27 February 1945, Salomon Kahn on 29 March 1945. Bernhard Kahn is remembered on a plaque at the Montessori School on Corellistraat.

Hertha’s mother Hanna Flörsheim succeeded in emigrating to Palestine along with Hertha’s brother Siegfried, sister Jettchen, her husband (Salomon), and their two children. Hanna Flörsheim had to pay RM 23,537.50 as Reich Flight tax, Siegfried RM 7,642.25. Mother and son took with them four shipping containers, one with Siegfried’s things, three for Hanna. The transport costs were RM 6,521.35. In spite of this, there was still an extensive household left in their dwelling, which, according to the family’s estimate, amounted to RM 3000.

Hertha’s oldest brother, Michael Flörsheim had his license to practice law revoked on 31 May 1933. He emigrated to Haifa in Palestine where his apartment served as a shelter for German refugees, especially those from Hamburg. From 1943 to 1954, he worked for the British Mandate administration and then for the Israeli government. He died on 22 January 1967 in Haifa.

Hertha’s brother, Salomon Jacob Flörsheim, married the Hamburg native, Eva Flörsheim (b. 1892) in 1917. The two had a son in 1920, named Julius. The family moved to Amsterdam in the Netherlands in 1923. Eva had another son there in 1929, named Karel Kalman. Salomon Flörsheim suffered chronically from depression. Together with his wife, he was deported from Westerbork to Theresienstadt in 1943. Both survived the Shoah. After the war, they lived for a few years in the Netherlands and then emigrated to Israel in 1950. Salomon Flörsheim died in 1979.

Translator: Richard Levy
Kindly supported by the Hermann Reemtsma Stiftung, Hamburg.

© Peter Steckhan

Quellen: 1; 5; StaH 351-11 Amt für Wiedergutmachung 1209 u. 1078; StaH 211–5 Niedergericht B 4697 u. B 492; StaH 213–13 Landgericht Hamburg 4505; Morisse: Ausgrenzung, S. 138; E-Mail-Auskunft von Herbert Markus, Herzlia, Israel, 25.10.2016; E-Mail-Auskunft v. Pauline Pieper, Medewerker Landelijk Steunpunt Gastsprekers WO II-Heden, Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork, 10.10.2016; Het Joods Monument, online: www.joodsmonument.nl/en/page/387330/bernhard-neustadt; www.joodsmonument.nl/en/page/174353/bernhard-kahn; www.joodsmonument.nl/en/page/174354/mirjam-kahn; www.joodsmonument.nl/en/page/174355/hanne-kahn; www.joodsmonument.nl/en/page/174357/salomon-kahn; www.joodsmonument.nl/en/page/174356/hertha-kahn-florsheim (letzter Aufruf: 7.10.2016); Archiefkaarten für Salomon Kahn, Salomon Flörsheim, Eva Flörsheim, Antje Monnikendam, online: https://ar chief.amsterdam/indexen/index.nl.html (letzter Aufruf: 7.10.2016); Wielanga: Der Februarstreik.
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