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Erich Kohnke

Erich Kohnke was the husband of Edith Frank's acquaintance Helene Leyens.

Person

  • Erich Kohnke
  • Born on: Dec. 1, 1900
  • Born in: Berlijn, Duitsland
  • Died on: Sept. 23, 1943
  • Died in: Auschwitz

Erich Kohnke married Lotte Bendix in 1926. The marriage was dissolved in 1938. He then married Helene Leyens on 3 January 1940.[1]

He was chapel master, and later bookkeeper.[1] In May 1942, he lived with his wife and child with the Frank family at Merwedeplein. According to Otto Frank, Helene Kohnke-Leyens was a good acquaintance of Edith.[2] In October 1942, Anne wrote in her diary that the Kohnke family had gone into hiding.[3] In January 1943, the Jewish Council requested Kohnke to disclose his "current address".[4]

Source personal data.[5] Addresses: Stieltjesstraat 8, Hilversum.[1] Merwedeplein 37 II, Amsterdam (May '42).[2] Vossiusstraat 50 boven (17 July 1942).[1]

Footnotes

  1. a, b, c, d Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart E. Kohnke.
  2. a, b Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Collectie, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_071: Otto Frank aan ‘Meine Lieben’, 11 augustus 1945.
  3. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 16 October 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.  For her thirteenth birthday, Anne received a book from "Mr Kohnke". Diary Version A, 14 June 1942.  
  4. ^ Het Joodsche Weekblad, 1 januari 1943.
  5. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart E. Kohnke; Joods Monument: Erich Kohnke.