Willi Kahn

Eintrag im »Gedenkbuch« des Bundesarchivs:

• Kahn, Willy geboren am 14. September 1893 in Mittelsinn / Gemünden / Bayern wohnhaft in Mittelsinn
• Emigration: Frankreich
• Deportationsziel: ab Drancy 28. August 1942, Auschwitz, Vernichtungslager
• Todesdatum/-ort: 14. November 1942

On May 13, 1939 Willi Kahn sailed on the S.S. St. Louis from Hamburg Germany to Cuba trying to escape the Nazis and sure death only to be refused disembarking. The ship returned to Europe, Willi disembarked in Belgium in mid June and later on was murdered in the Holocaust