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Herbert Herman KAIN

Male 1923 - 2004  (80 years)


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  • Name Herbert Herman KAIN 
    Birth 26 Sep 1923  Lehenich, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Jan 2004  Odense, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I528  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 1 Mar 2024 

    Father Siegbert KAIN,   b. 7 Aug 1894, Lommersum Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1942, Minsk, Maly Trostinec Camp Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Flora STERN,   b. 1 Jun 1899, Meudt, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1942, Minsk, Maly Trostinec Camp Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F294  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Living 
    Children 
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    Family ID F312  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Left his home town of Lehenich in 1938/9 for the safety of Denmark but with the intention of eventually heading to Palestine. This was arranged by the Zionist Movement and the Womens International Peace Corps.
      Herbert worked on a farm on an island in Northern Jutland. When Denmark was occupied by Germany in 1940, Herbert moved to the island of Fyn (Funen) but he was duly captured in October 1943 and sent to Theresienstadt Concentration Camp.
      He was caught smuggling weapons in May 1945, tortured and sentenced to death. He was held in a cell below ground and by a curious quirk, having been declared dead (according to records, he was the last person in Theresienstadt recorded as having been put to death) he survived although the Russians who liberated Theresienstadt overlooked his underground cell and Herbert was actually liberated some days later by the Red Cross who evacuated all from the camp.
      From Theresienstadt, Herbert was sent to the Danish Consulate and given leave to travel to Denmark and remain there.
      After the war he initially continued to run a farm and then put himself through college becoming a teacher and eventually a professor.
      Source: Birthe Kain and Hannah Kain Oct 2012


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