Difference between revisions of "David Kohan"
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| − | Born January 9, 1920 in Warsaw. > | + | Born January 9, 1920 in Warsaw. <br> |
Kohan's father was a physician, took actively part in Warsaw's Jewish cultural life. | Kohan's father was a physician, took actively part in Warsaw's Jewish cultural life. | ||
Was in the Warsaw Ghetto, went into hiding and entered the resistance movement / was a partisan. | Was in the Warsaw Ghetto, went into hiding and entered the resistance movement / was a partisan. | ||
| − | After Second World War, Kohan came to Berlin > | + | After Second World War, Kohan came to Berlin <br> |
| − | 1947 Berlin (DP)> | + | 1947 Berlin (DP)<br> |
| − | There he worked as an editor of a Jewish newspaper (Yiddish? which one?) and participated in publishing several volumes of Jewish literature (Yiddish? which ones?).> | + | There he worked as an editor of a Jewish newspaper (Yiddish? which one?) and participated in publishing several volumes of Jewish literature (Yiddish? which ones?).<br> |
taught Yiddish at the Jüdische Volkshochschule Berlin | taught Yiddish at the Jüdische Volkshochschule Berlin | ||
Revision as of 19:26, 10 November 2009
David Kohan 1920-1995
singer, cantor, journalist ; musicologist (?); freelancer for newspapers and radio stations in Berlin (Freier Mitarbeiter für Berliner Rundfunkanstalten); Jiddist (?), engineer
!!! please add biographical information !!!
Born January 9, 1920 in Warsaw.
Kohan's father was a physician, took actively part in Warsaw's Jewish cultural life.
Was in the Warsaw Ghetto, went into hiding and entered the resistance movement / was a partisan.
After Second World War, Kohan came to Berlin
1947 Berlin (DP)
There he worked as an editor of a Jewish newspaper (Yiddish? which one?) and participated in publishing several volumes of Jewish literature (Yiddish? which ones?).
taught Yiddish at the Jüdische Volkshochschule Berlin
(reference, among others:
Schröter, Karl Heinz, ed.: Mein Psalm. Berlin: Lettner-Verlag, 1968, pp. 22)
