Leonie Freeman / Friedmann

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~prohel/names/bohm/bohmdes....

• Marriage - www.familysearch.org (page 247) -and- www.familysearch.org Tree
• see Leonie's story - 1940 escape, (7) of them; Leonie, Hedl, Stern and Wolf families

Naturalization record - SS Guine ship Leonie arrived on 4/15/1941 google is referenced in a book: “Lotta and the USC story” p. 28, by Clyde Sanger 1986; - April 1942 ..SS Guine, a cargo boat chartered by the Joint, departed from Lisbon (Portugal) with a long list of refugee passengers, including Lotta Hitschmanova wikipedia, geni..Lottas boat journey, however, turned out to be among the most dangerous days of her life, because a few miles from the U.S. shore, it was discovered that the pro-Nazi ship captain of the SS Guine was hiding a German submarine beneath the ship. US fighter planes were dispatched to torpedo the waters surrounding the boat, but the passengers were eventually allowed to disembark safely..

After fleeing the Nazis, Leonie her daughter Clarisse and Leonie's sister Sophie settled in Miami Beach. They lived (abt 1941-1959) in an Apartment building built by Sophie's son Otto Kary. To support her self, Leonie became the property manager of the building. When her sister Sophie became ill, they moved to New York for better care.

Miami residence link-1 - Miami residence link-2 - Miami residence link-3