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Wolfgang Cohn * 1936

Bleicherstraße 74 (Hamburg-Mitte, St. Pauli)

HIER WOHNTE
WOLFGANG COHN
JG. 1936
DEPORTIERT 1941
LODZ
1942 CHELMNO
ERMORDET

further stumbling stones in Bleicherstraße 74:
Emma Erna Cohn, Fritz Cohn

Emma Erna Cohn, née Jacob, born 21 Jan. 1916 in Graudenz, deported 25 Oct. 1941 to Lodz, murdered 10 May 1942 in Chelmno
Fritz Cohn, born 2 Nov. 1910 in Altona, deported 25 Oct. 1941 to Lodz, murdered 10 May 1942 in Chelmno
Wolfgang Cohn, born 12 June 1936 in Hamburg, deported 25 Oct. to Lodz, murdered 10 May 1942 in Chelmno

Bleicherstraße 74

The painter Fritz Cohn, his wife Emma, and their only child Wolfgang lived at Bleicherstraße 74 in Altona. On 25 October 1941 they were deported to the Lodz Ghetto, where they were quartered at Franzstraße 25A. Emma Cohn worked there in child care, Fritz Cohn’s employment was listed as "artist.” The family was sent to the Chelmno Extermination Camp on 10 May 1942, where they were murdered.

Translator(s): Amy Lee

Translation kindly supported by the Hermann Reemtsma Stiftung, Hamburg

© Gunhild Ohl-Hinz

Quellen: 1; 2; 5; 8; StaH 522-1 Jüdische Gemeinden, 992 e 1, Bd. 1.
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(2) Bundesarchiv Berlin, R 1509 Reichssippenamt, Ergänzungskarten der Volkszählung vom 17. Mai 1939