us-005578-irn43469
has or had some members with language: nld
biographical history: Judith Bar Kochba (b. 1934) was born Judith (Yehudit) Sophie Kann on July 28, 1934, in Dortrcht, Netherlands, to Jacob Kann (August 22, 1900-1944) and Dora Juliette Kann (June 8, 1906-1944). Jacob Kann, an electrical engineer, married Dora Juliette Spanjaard in 1928. They had four children: Otto Kann (b. November 6, 1929); Elise Kann (b. December 23, 1930); Judith Kann (b. July 28, 1934); and Jacob Izak Hendrik Kann (b. March 7, 1936). Dora Kann contracted tuberculosis soon after giving birth to her son, Jacob, and her condition worsened through the years. The Kann family led a secular Jewish life in the Netherlands and celebrated Dutch Christian holidays with their neighbors. The family had a non-Jewish nanny, Patronella (Nelly) Kwikkers Fortuin. Despite the German orders, Nelly Fortuin continued to work for the Kann family and left after dark to avoid the notice of neighbors. In June 1942, Otto Kann had his Bar Mitzvah. In November 1942, Elise Kann and Judith Kann were taken by a non-Jewish aunt by train to Eindhoven, Netherlands. Elise and Judith Kann remained in hiding with a school friend of their mother’s, Molly (Marie Gertrude) Van Hell and her husband Gerard Louis Van Heel, throughout the war. The girls attended a Dutch public school and for some time were able to keep in touch with their family through their nanny, Nelly Fortuin. The Kann family’s physician, Dr. Eppo Meursing, arranged for a hiding place for Jacob and Dora Kann, along with their oldest son, Otto Kann. When Dora Kann’s health deteriorated, Dr. Meursing arranged for her hospitalization. When it became dangerous for Dora Kann to stay in the hospital, the doctor arranged for her to be treated by a private nurse, Mrs. Struys, while in hiding. In November 1943, Jacob and Otto Kann went to visit Dora. While they were gone, Germans searched the home where Otto Kann was hiding and the landlady revealed his Jewish identity. Otto and Jacob Kann were arrested, sent to Amsterdam, and were later sent by …
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
has record set type: Item
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn43469/alternateIDs/1
title: Judith Bar Kochba photograph collection
record resource structure: The Judith Bar Kochba photograph collection is arranged in a single series.
type: RecordSet
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/112
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/819
has or had holder: us-005578
identifier: irn43469
scope and content: The Judith Bar Kochba photograph collection consists of photographs of the Kann family in Dordrecht, Netherlands before and during World War II. Some of the photographs were taken while the Kann children (Elise Kann, Otto Kann, Judith Kann, and Jacob Kann) were in hiding.
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/701
record resource extent: folder 1
has or had subject: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/vocabularies/ehri-terms/824
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn43469/acquisitions/1