Stern & Loebl Families Database
A fully searchable database containing the Jewish ancestors of the Stern and Lobl/Loebl families - and their many descendant lines as researched by Gerald Stern.
Herbert Herman KAIN
1923 - 2004 (80 years)-
Name Herbert Herman KAIN Birth 26 Sep 1923 Lehenich, Germany Gender Male Death 23 Jan 2004 Odense, Denmark Person ID I528 My Genealogy Last Modified 1 Mar 2024
Father Siegbert KAIN, b. 7 Aug 1894, Lommersum d. 24 Jul 1942, Minsk, Maly Trostinec Camp (Age 47 years) Relationship natural Mother Flora STERN, b. 1 Jun 1899, Meudt, Germany d. 24 Jul 1942, Minsk, Maly Trostinec Camp (Age 43 years) Relationship natural Family ID F294 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Living Children 1. Living 2. Living 3. Living Family ID F312 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Mar 2024
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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
- 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.