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Photograph of Georges André Kohn taken at his Confirmation

Georges André Kohn (23 April 1932 – 20 April 1945) was a distant relative of the Rothschild banking family of England. His father Armand Edouard Kohn (1894–1962) was the manager of the Rothschild Hospital in Paris, and his mother Suzanne Jenny (née Netre; 1895–1945) was a first cousin of Bertrand Léopold Goldschmidt, son-in-law of Lionel Nathan de Rothschild. Georges André's father was Jewish but he, his mother and his elder brother and sisters were practicing Roman Catholics.^[1]

Georges and his family were arrested in the last week of July 1944; they were among a group of prominent Jews who had previously been awarded protective status in occupied France. Georges was among a group of fifty-one people deported in the last transport from the Drancy transit camp in France on 17 August 1944, a week prior to the liberation of Paris, along with his parents, grandmother Jeanne Marie (75), sisters Antoinette (22) and Rose Marie (18) and brother Philippe (21).

The railroad car they were deported in was attached to the end of the last train out of Drancy which also carried Drancy commandant SS Hauptsturmführer Alois Brunner and other German military personnel. They intended upon using the fifty-one Jewish deportees as potential hostages.

On the train ride east to the camps some of the prisoners escaped including Rose Marie and Phillipe Kohn. Georges wanted to go along with them but was stopped by his father who feared reprisals for the escapes on those who remained. Armand went to Buchenwald and would survive the war, Suzanne and Antoinette were transported from Buchenwald to Bergen-Belsen where both died a short while later; Jeanne Marie and Georges were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where Jeanne Marie was gassed shortly after arrival. Georges was placed in Barracks No. 11, with other Jewish children. He quickly befriended Jacqueline Morgenstern who was close in age, was from France and also spoke French. Armand, Phillippe, and Rose Marie survived the war.

Georges was among a group of twenty Jewish children chosen at the behest of Kurt Heissmeyer by Josef Mengele to be sent from Auschwitz to Neuengamme concentration camp for medical experiments.

At Neuengamme, Georges and the other children, nine other boys and ten girls, from ages five to twelve, were infected with live tuberculosis bacilli by Heissmeyer.

They all later had their axillary lymph nodes surgically removed for study. In April 1945 the British Army was advancing through Lower Saxony toward the location of Neuengamme and the city of Hamburg. As the medical experiments conducted on the children would be grounds for being charged with war crimes, an order was issued from Berlin to dispose of the evidence, which included killing Georges and the other children.

Three days before his thirteenth birthday, on the night of 20 April 1945, Georges and the other children were brought to the Bullenhuser Damm School in Hamburg and hanged in the basement. His body was brought back to Neuengamme the next day and they were cremated.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ Descendants of Salomon Benedict Goldschmidt Archived 2004-08-20 at the Wayback Machine and Descendants of Amschel Moses Rothschild Archived 2010-09-24 at the Wayback Machine on Hein's Royal Genealogy Page.
^ The Holocaust, the French, and the Jews by Susan Zuccotti Publisher: University of Nebraska Press; (April 1, 1999) Language: English ISBN 0-8032-9914-1 ISBN 978-0-8032-9914-6
^ The Holocaust encyclopedia By Walter Laqueur, Judith Tydor Baumel Publisher: Yale University Press; First edition first printing. edition (March 1, 2001) Language: English ISBN 0-300-08432-3
^ Swastika over Paris by Jeremy Josephs Publisher: Little Brown & Co (T); 1st U. S. Edition. edition(December 1989) Language: English ISBN 1-55970-036-X

[1] Descendants of Salomon Benedict Goldschmidt Archived 2004-08-20 at the Wayback Machine and Descendants of Amschel Moses Rothschild Archived 2010-09-24 at the Wayback Machine on Hein's Royal Genealogy Page.

[2] The Holocaust, the French, and the Jews by Susan Zuccotti Publisher: University of Nebraska Press; (April 1, 1999) Language: English ISBN 0-8032-9914-1 ISBN 978-0-8032-9914-6

[3] The Holocaust encyclopedia By Walter Laqueur, Judith Tydor Baumel Publisher: Yale University Press; First edition first printing. edition (March 1, 2001) Language: English ISBN 0-300-08432-3

[4] Swastika over Paris by Jeremy Josephs Publisher: Little Brown & Co (T); 1st U. S. Edition. edition(December 1989) Language: English ISBN 1-55970-036-X

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 [[File:Georges André Kohn.jpg|thumb|260px|Photograph of Georges André Kohn taken at his [[Confirmation (Catholic Church)|Confirmation]]]]
-'''Georges André Kohn''' (April 23, 1932 – April 20, 1945) was a distant relative of the [[Rothschild banking family of England]]. His father Armand Edouard Kohn (1894–1962) was the manager of the Rothschild Hospital in [[Paris]], and his mother Suzanne Jenny (née Netre; 1895–1945) was a first cousin of Bertrand Léopold Goldschmidt, son-in-law of [[Lionel Nathan de Rothschild]]. Georges André's father was Jewish while but he, his mother and his elder brother and sisters were practicing [[Roman Catholic]]s<ref>[http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/Goldschmidt.html Descendants of Salomon Benedict Goldschmidt] and [http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/Rothschild.html Descendants of Amschel Moses Rothschild] on Hein's Royal Genealogy Page.</ref>
+'''Georges André Kohn''' (23 April 1932 – 20 April 1945) was a distant relative of the [[Rothschild banking family of England]]. His father Armand Edouard Kohn (1894–1962) was the manager of the Rothschild Hospital in [[Paris]], and his mother [[Suzanne Kohn|Suzanne Jenny]] (née Netre; 1895–1945) was a first cousin of Bertrand Léopold Goldschmidt, son-in-law of [[Lionel Nathan de Rothschild]]. Georges André's father was Jewish but he, his mother and his elder brother and sisters were practicing [[Roman Catholic]]s.<ref>[http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/Goldschmidt.html Descendants of Salomon Benedict Goldschmidt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040820055402/http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/Goldschmidt.html |date=2004-08-20 }} and [http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/Rothschild.html Descendants of Amschel Moses Rothschild] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924212449/http://www.angelfire.com/in/heinbruins/Rothschild.html |date=2010-09-24 }} on Hein's Royal Genealogy Page.</ref>
-Georges and his family were arrested in the last week of July, 1944 they were among a group of prominent Jews who had previously been awarded protective status in [[German occupation of France during World War II|occupied France]]. Georges  was among a group of 51 deportees deported in the last transport from the [[Drancy]] transit camp in France on August 17, 1944 a week prior to the liberation of Paris, along with his parents, grandmother Jeanne Marie (75), sisters Antoinette (22) and Rose Marie (18) and brother Philippe (21).
+Georges and his family were arrested in the last week of July 1944; they were among a group of prominent Jews who had previously been awarded protective status in [[German occupation of France during World War II|occupied France]]. Georges  was among a group of fifty-one people deported in the last transport from the [[Drancy]] transit camp in France on 17 August 1944, a week prior to the liberation of Paris, along with his parents, grandmother Jeanne Marie (75), sisters Antoinette (22) and Rose Marie (18) and brother Philippe (21).
-The railroad car they were deported in was attached to the end of the last train out of Drancy which also carried Drancy commandant SS [[Hauptsturmführer]] [[Alois Brunner]] and other German military personnel. They intended upon using the 51 Jewish deportees as potential hostages.
+The railroad car they were deported in was attached to the end of the last train out of Drancy which also carried Drancy commandant SS [[Hauptsturmführer]] [[Alois Brunner]] and other German military personnel. They intended upon using the fifty-one Jewish deportees as potential hostages.
-On the train ride east to the camps some of the prisoners escaped including Rose Marie and Phillipe Kohn.  Georges wanted to go along with them but was stopped by his father who feared reprisals for the escapes on those who remained. Armand went to [[Buchenwald]] and would survive the war, Suzanne and Antoinette were transported from Buchenwald to [[Bergen Belsen]] where both died a short while later, Jeanne Marie and Georges were sent to [[Auschwitz-Birkenau]], where Jeanne Marie was gassed shortly after arrival. Georges was placed in Barracks No. 11, with other Jewish children. He quickly befriended Jacqueline Morgenstern who was close in age, was from France and also spoke French. Armand, Phillippe and Rose Marie survived the war.
+On the train ride east to the camps some of the prisoners escaped including Rose Marie and Phillipe Kohn. Georges wanted to go along with them but was stopped by his father who feared reprisals for the escapes on those who remained. Armand went to [[Buchenwald]] and would survive the war, Suzanne and Antoinette were transported from Buchenwald to [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp|Bergen-Belsen]] where both died a short while later; Jeanne Marie and Georges were sent to [[Auschwitz-Birkenau]], where Jeanne Marie was gassed shortly after arrival. Georges was placed in Barracks No. 11, with other Jewish children. He quickly befriended Jacqueline Morgenstern who was close in age, was from France and also spoke French. Armand, Phillippe, and Rose Marie survived the war.
-Georges was among a group of twenty Jewish children chosen at the behest of [[Kurt Heissmeyer]], by [[Josef Mengele]] to be sent from Auschwitz to [[Neuengamme concentration camp]] for medical experiments.
+Georges was among a group of twenty Jewish children chosen at the behest of [[Kurt Heissmeyer]] by [[Josef Mengele]] to be sent from Auschwitz to [[Neuengamme concentration camp]] for medical experiments.
-At Neuengamme Georges and the other children, 9 other boys and ten girls, from ages five to twelve, were infected with live [[tuberculosis]] bacilli by Heissmeyer.
+At Neuengamme, Georges and the other children, nine other boys and ten girls, from ages five to twelve, were infected with live [[tuberculosis]] bacilli by Heissmeyer.
-They all later had their axillary lymph nodes surgically removed for study. In April 1945 the British Army was advancing through [[Lower Saxony]] the location of Neuengamme and the city of [[Hamburg]]. As the medical experiments conducted on the children would be grounds for being charged with [[war crimes]], an order was issued from [[Berlin]] to dispose of the evidence, which included killing Georges and the other children.
+They all later had their axillary lymph nodes surgically removed for study. In April 1945 the British Army was advancing through [[Lower Saxony]] toward the location of Neuengamme and the city of [[Hamburg]]. As the medical experiments conducted on the children would be grounds for being charged with [[war crimes]], an order was issued from [[Berlin]] to dispose of the evidence, which included killing Georges and the other children.
-On the night of April 20, 1945, Georges and the other children were brought to the [[Bullenhuser Damm]] School in Hamburg and hanged in the basement. His body was brought back to Neuengamme the next day and cremated.<ref>The Holocaust, the French, and the Jews by Susan Zuccotti Publisher: University of Nebraska Press; (April 1, 1999)
-Language: English ISBN 0-8032-9914-1 ISBN 978-0-8032-9914-6</ref><ref>The Holocaust encyclopedia By Walter Laqueur, Judith Tydor Baumel Publisher: Yale University Press; First edition first printing. edition (March 1, 2001) Language: English ISBN 0-300-08432-3</ref><ref>Swastika over Paris by Jeremy Josephs Publisher: Little Brown & Co (T); 1st U. S. Edition. edition(December 1989) Language: English ISBN 1-55970-036-X</ref>
+Three days before his thirteenth birthday, on the night of 20 April 1945, Georges and the other children were brought to the [[Bullenhuser Damm]] School in Hamburg and hanged in the basement. His body was brought back to Neuengamme the next day and they were cremated.<ref>The Holocaust, the French, and the Jews by Susan Zuccotti Publisher: University of Nebraska Press; (April 1, 1999)
+Language: English {{ISBN|0-8032-9914-1}} {{ISBN|978-0-8032-9914-6}}</ref><ref>The Holocaust encyclopedia By Walter Laqueur, Judith Tydor Baumel Publisher: Yale University Press; First edition first printing. edition (March 1, 2001) Language: English {{ISBN|0-300-08432-3}}</ref><ref>Swastika over Paris by Jeremy Josephs Publisher: Little Brown & Co (T); 1st U. S. Edition. edition(December 1989) Language: English {{ISBN|1-55970-036-X}}</ref>
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 [[Category:French people of German-Jewish descent]]
+[[Category:French people executed in Nazi concentration camps]]
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+[[Category:People executed by Nazi Germany occupation forces]]
+[[Category:People executed by Nazi Germany by hanging]]
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+[[Category:Incidents of violence against boys]]
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