Testimony of Claude Kahn, born in Roubaix, France, 1937, regarding his experiences as a young child in Limoges, Lyon and hidden by non-Jews
Testimony of Claude Kahn, born in Roubaix, France, 1937, regarding his experiences as a young child in Limoges, Lyon and hidden by non-Jews
Testimony
Testimony of Claude Kahn, born in Roubaix, France, 1937, regarding his experiences as a young child in Limoges, Lyon and hidden by non-Jews
His family was from Germany.
German occupation; escape to Limoges; move to Lyon; arrest of his father by the French militia, 1944; arrest of his mother; hidden by non-Jewish family friends; liberation.
The fate of his family; adoption by his aunt, 1945; life after the war; studies in a dormitory school; medical studies and work as a physician in Nancy; starts a family in 1963; aliya to Israel, 1979.
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item Id
5768825
First Name
Claude
Klod
Last Name
Kohen
Date of Birth
01/05/1937
Place of Birth
Roubaix, France
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives