Charles and Ruth Terner papers

Charles and Ruth Terner papers 

Ruth Terner was born Ruth Cohn in 1923 in Berlin to Werner Cohn (1887-approximately 1942) and Frieda Deutschkron Cohn (1894-approximately 1942). Ruth left Germany in 1939 on a Kindertransport to England, where she met Charles Terner (1916-1998). Charles Terner was born Karl Terner in Lublin to Isidore (Israel) Terner and Fanny (Feiga) Schächter Terner. The family moved to Vienna when Charles was very young. Charles Terner studied medicine in Vienna before arriving in England via Switzerland. The couple married in Birmingham in 1945 and immigrated to the United States in 1955. Terner's parents survived the war in Switzerland, but his grandparents in Vienna, his aunt in Witten, and most other extended family members perished. Ruth's parents were transported to Trawniki in March 1942. Her uncle, aunt, and cousin Alfred, Rosette, and Gerda Cohn were transported to Auschwitz in February 1943 and did not survive. Her grandmother Olga Cohn was transported to Theresienstadt in July 1942 then to Treblinka two months later and did not survive. Ruth Terner was born Ruth Cohn in 1923 in Berlin to Werner Cohn (1887-approximately 1942) and Frieda Deutschkron Cohn (1894-approximately 1942). Ruth left Germany in 1939 on a Kindertransport to England, where she met Charles Terner (1916-1998). Charles Terner was born Karl Terner in Lublin to Isidore (Israel) Terner and Fanny (Feiga) Schächter Terner. The family moved to Vienna when Charles was very young. Charles Terner studied medicine in Vienna before arriving in England via Switzerland. The couple married in Birmingham in 1945 and immigrated to the United States in 1955. Terner's parents survived the war in Switzerland, but his grandparents in Vienna, his aunt in Witten, and most other extended family members perished. Ruth's parents were transported to Trawniki in March 1942. Her uncle, aunt, and cousin Alfred, Rosette, and Gerda Cohn were transported to Auschwitz in February 1943 and did not survive. Her grandmother Olga Cohn was transported to Theresienstadt in July 1942 then to Treblinka two months later and did not survive. 

Charles and Ruth Terner papers