Leo Louis Kahn

https://juden-in-sulzburg.de/family/kahn-leo-louis When Leo Louis Kahn was born in 1884, his ancestors had already lived more than 150 years in Sulzburg.

Many Jews were able to escape to an often very difficult exile in the beginning of Nazi rule. Others, including the family of Leo Louis Kahn, were initially in Sulzburg. Did he, as front-line soldiers in WW1 think this could happen to him? Did he worry that he could not build a new life at the age of 50? not Got the family one of the numerous papers that were necessary for emigration or immigration in another country? Could they not have to pay the necessary fees and charges? Hung them too much to Sulzburg? Could they be the unthinkable of Nazi intentions not imagine? All of this would be possible reasons.

The Jewish merchants in rural areas were difficult even during the economic crisis in increasingly difficult economic conditions and were threatened in their existence because of the increasing constraints from 1933rd After Leo Louis Kahn the course of his work had been forbidden to 1. 1. 1938, he finally applied for an exit visa to Switzerland for his wife and himself.

To 1. 3. 1938 his savings and loan bank eGmbH Sulzburg announced his credit that he could no longer serve now. The family was now dependent for their livelihood on the garden and the last remaining one cow.

On 10 November 1938. Leo Louis Kahn, as well as about 2000 Jewish men from Baden and Württemberg, arrested and deported to the Dachau concentration camp. The traumatic experience of the pogrom of November 10, 1938 meant that many reinforced to flee their efforts, especially since the men were released only on the condition of Dachau, that they who demonstrated the serious commitment to emigration.

Leo Louis Kahn tried everything, not only his children Ruth, Paula, Marga and Sally, but also his wife and to bring themselves to safety. Nevertheless, to escape from the always bedrückenderen and erbärmlicheren circumstances failed, so the couple and the youngest daughter Marga was deported on October 22, 1940 along with 4464 Baden Jews in the internment camp at Gurs. Marga could be saved in a Jewish children's home, Elfriede and Leo Louis Kahn survived nearly 22 months the terrible conditions in the camp before they were first in the camp at Drancy and then deported to Auschwitz and murdered there. Leo Kahn, called Louis, his wife Elfriede and the four children Ruth, Paula, Marga and Sally Josef lived in the house next to the synagogue. The family lived a strictly ritual life.

In the fall of 1937 Leo Kahn was deprived of the Gewerbelegitimationskarte as a cattle dealer. In January 1938, Kahns applied for a passport to flee to Switzerland. In August, they had to hand over a list of their assets. In June 1938, Leo Kahn had two cows, one of which he sold one that needed others for the livelihood of his family. https://juden-in-sulzburg.de/family/kahn-leo-louis On 10 November 1938, the day of the pogrom, Kahn's windows were smashed, the apartment looted and the last cow taken away. Leo Kahn was deported to Dachau and did not return until mid-December. Since 1938, Kahns repeatedly tried in vain to sell their house. When they finally succeeded in 1940, they wanted to keep the house in the house until they could emigrate, but they were not allowed to do so. Like other Sulzburg Jews, they had to move to the Jewish community center.

The couple Kahn was deported with the daughter Marga on 22.10.1940 from the Jewish community center to Gurs. Elfriede and Leo Kahn were both transported to Auschwitz in August 1942 and murdered there. Her children Marga, Ruth and Sally could be rescued to Switzerland. They later emigrated to the USA. Paula succeeded in 1936 already the departure to an aunt to New York.