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  IHFF ancestors of Friedrich Kohn/Kerry
Fritz Kohn started after finishing his education in the shoe factory of his uncle Alfred Fränkel as administrative accountant; living since 1896 at Feldgasse 67, now Friedrich Schiller Straße.
Fritz Kohn, employed in a factory, elegible member of the reserve army in Mödling, and from Bennisch, Silesia has applied for change of name from Kohn to Kerry for resons of
We can ascertain that Fritz Kerry was anxious to search for better economical conditions for his family, as did many others, and therefore emigrated with his family to the USA where their third child, Richard, father of Senator Kerry, was born 28.
members.inode.at /ihff/IHFF_Kerry_Grossvatere.htm   (929 words)

  
 Czech tracks Kerry's Jewish roots - The Washington Times: World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kerry's paternal grandfather was born into a Jewish family as Friedrich "Fritz" Kohn and converted to Roman Catholicism as a young man in the face of rampant anti-Semitism.
And, according to family lore, the name Kerry was chosen entirely by chance when Fritz Kohn's elder brother dropped a pencil on a map and it landed on County Kerry, Ireland.
Fritz Kohn followed suit in 1901, changing his name to Frederick Kerry and moving three years later with wife Ida and son Erich to the United States.
www.washtimes.com /world/20040311-094817-4082r.htm   (931 words)

  
 UAHC - Reform Judaism Magazine
Fritz Kohn would henceforth be known as Frederick Kerry.
But because Kohn made the change while still in Austria, probably to conceal his background before coming to America, his origins could now be traced.
As for why Fritz Kohn chose the path he did, Prague-based genealogist Julius Miller believes he was a man who, like many other European Jews, looked to start over and build a better life for himself and his family.
reformjudaismmag.net /03fall/kerry.shtml   (2642 words)

  
 Hearing of roots, Czech village roots Kerry on - The Boston Globe
When Kohn was born, the town was called Bennisch, was populated almost entirely by Germans, with a minuscule Jewish community, and was part of the Silesia region of Austria-Hungary.
The late 19th century, when Kohn was born, was a period of rapid change in the empire, particularly for Jews.
At the time when Richard Kohn changed his name to Keri, Fritz Kohn -- now Fredrick Kerry -- and his wife, Ida, were already in the United States, where in 1915, John Kerry's father, Richard, was born.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/02/22/hearing_of_roots_czech_village_roots_kerry_on   (1147 words)

  
 Kohn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fritz Kohn, later Frederick A. Kerry/Frederick Kerry (b.
Hedwig Kohn (born April 5, 1887, Breslau/Wrocław - November 26, 1965, Durham, North Carolina, USA), physicist; daughter of Georg Kohn, sister of Kurt Kohn
Josef Ferdinand Friedrich Kohn, a pseudonym of Friedrich Korn (born April 26, 1804, Prag/Praha - October 16, 1850, Teplitz-Schönau/Teplice, Bohemia), Czech-Austrian writer, mythologist (Mythologieforscher)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kohn   (472 words)

  
 Guide to the Hans Kohn Collection, 1866-1972 AR 259
Correspondence relating to Hans Kohn's teaching appointments at Harvard, letters by his students and others including Karl Deutsch; College newspapers and clippings on Hans Kohn at Harvard in WW II and other subjects; materials on Hans Kohn's classes.
Correspondence between Immanuel Kohn and Peter and Vita Sharpe, Esther Wahl, Hans and Yetty Kohn, Lola Herrmann and Robert Weltsch, photos of and clippings on Immanuel Kohn, letters to Hans Kohn by Gretchen Eisner, Dorli and Hans Barth and L.J. Stone.
Letters to Hans Kohn by Fritz and Bedrich Kohn and other family members in Prague concerning among others their planed emigration, letters to Ms.
www.cjh.org /academic/findingaids/lbi/nhprc/HansKohn02.html   (2957 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Kerry's presidential bid mesmerizes his ancestral Czech town
Fritz Kohn, a son of Benedikt Kohn and his wife, Mathilde, once worked in the local brewery.
Czech government archives reveal that Fritz Kohn changed his name to Frederick Kerry on March 17, 1902, and emigrated to the United States three years later.
The Kohn family house is gone, and the remains of the brewery are now a public sauna.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040216-0916-czechingoutkerry.html   (688 words)

  
 portland imc - 2004.05.16 - Kerry's Grandfather Left Judaism Behind in Europe
Frederick Kerry brought with him a secret: he was born a Jew, Fritz Kohn, in what is now the Czech Republic, but he and his wife, Ida, had converted to Roman Catholicism.
Fritz's mother then moved with her three children to Vienna, where she had relatives, Mr.
Fritz attended high school, served in the army, then worked as an accountant for a shoe factory owned by his maternal uncle in nearby Modling.
portland.indymedia.org /en/2004/05/288518.shtml   (580 words)

  
 Faith-Based News Articles
His grandfather was a Czech Jew named Fritz Kohn who changed his name to Frederick Kerry to escape anti-Semitism.
Kohn randomly dropped a pencil on a map of Europe, spotted Ireland's County Kerry, and adopted the name, according to the Globe.
Kohn and his wife, Ida Lowe, who was born Jewish in Budapest, changed their name to Kerry, were baptized as Catholics in 1902, and immigrated to the United States in 1905.
www.religionandsocialpolicy.org /news/article.cfm?id=1677   (1262 words)

  
 The Prague Post Online: News
There is only one trace left of Kohn in the once prosperous mining town: A piece of paper, dated 1873, draws a direct line from Horni Benesov to the man who could become the next president of the United States.
Fritz Kohn converted to Catholicism and changed his name to Frederick Kerry in 1902.
Another notation states that Kohn changed his name to Frederick Kerry shortly before his 20th birthday, three years before he was to depart for the United States.
www.praguepost.com /P03/2003/Art/0212/news2.php   (1258 words)

  
 Senator Kerry´s ancestors in Austria and Chicago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Die beiden Brüder Otto und Fritz konvertierten 1901, nachdem Ihnen 1897 (Otto) und 1901 (Fritz) die Namensänderung in Kerry bewilligt wurde.
Fritz verstarb am 23.2.1921 in den USA durch Selbstmord, seine Frau Ida am 20.1.1960.
It's interesting that Kerry's immigrant grandfather (Fritz Kohn/Frederick Kerry) was in Chicago for some years after he came to America.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1081354/posts   (2321 words)

  
 John Kerry and the Opportunism Gene
Kohn was certainly not alone in his desire to pass as a gentile.
Kohn’s decision, but rather to consider how the survival instinct he displayed may have mutated into the rank opportunism displayed by his grandson.
Family legend states the name “Kerry” was chosen when Fritz’s older brother randomly placed a pencil on a map.
www.intellectualconservative.com /article3254.html   (1004 words)

  
 Remote Czech town roots for its famous son - John Kerry Independent, The (London) - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A genealogist hired by an American newspaper has discovered that the Massachusetts Senator's paternal grandfather was born an ethnic German Jew called Fritz Kohn in 1873, in the town.
Mr Klech said there are few records about the Kohns or any of the town's German ethnic population, which was expelled at the end of the Second World War with around three million others of German and Austrian descent accused of supporting the Nazi invaders of the then Czechoslovakia.
The house where Fritz Kohn, and his parents, Benedikt and Mathilde, lived, is now gone.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20040301/ai_n12768883   (686 words)

  
 OPPENHEIMER Stammbaum Internet
Fritz NOVA (RN=3203), Professor of Political Science at Villanova.
M: 08 Jun 1913 to Alice KOHN Friedlaender (RN=3277) at Berlin
M: Dec 1937 to Fritz KAHN * (RN=3280) at Paris
www.loebtree.com /neumann.html   (1278 words)

  
 St. Othmar - From The Bosteon Globe - KERRY'S ROOTS FINDS SURPRISING HISTORY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Birth records there show that Frederick A. Kerry was born as Fritz Kohn to Jewish parents, according to a genealogy specialist hired by the Globe.
Kohn changed his name to Kerry around 1902 and emigrated to the United States in 1905, eventually moving to Boston.
Frederick Kerry's 1921 death certificate in Boston lists his parents as Benedict Kerry of Austria and Mitaldia Franckel of Austria, the same parents as listed in Fritz Kohn's birth record, although the father is called Kohn in Austria.
www.othmar.at /archiv/kerry/docs/bosten_globe_surprising_history.html   (1539 words)

  
 Most 'Jewish' US Presidential Election Ever?
A Boston Globe article reports "For the past 15 years or so, Kerry says, he knew his paternal grandmother was probably Jewish, and he also knew the Kerrys came from the former Austrian empire.
But he said he did not know, until informed by the Globe earlier this year, that his grandfather was a Czech Jew named Fritz Kohn who changed his name to Frederick Kerry to escape a violent strain of anti-Semitism.
According to a story passed down to at least one family member, Kohn and his siblings randomly dropped a pencil on a map of Europe, spotted Ireland's County Kerry, and adopted the name.
www.rense.com /general48/presi.htm   (452 words)

  
 Kerry for Czech Town Citizenship Even if He Loses - Xbox Addict Asylum
Records show Horni Benesov as the birthplace of Kerry's grandfather, Fritz Kohn, who historians believe was most likely of Jewish origin and spoke German.
The Kohn family left Bennish for Vienna in 1878 and Fritz Kohn later changed his name to Friedrich Kerry before leaving Europe with his family for the United States in 1904.
Legend has it that Fritz Kohn and his brother Otto picked a new name after closing their eyes and pointing a finger at a randomly chosen map, hitting Kerry county in Ireland.
www.xboxaddict.com /forums/showthread.php?t=62025   (304 words)

  
 Noahidenews52   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kohn were two of the only 27 Jews living in Bennisch, which is listed as having a total population of 4,200, in 1880.
Kohn), was born in the town of Horni Benesov, Austria-Hungary (in what is now the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic), and grew up in M dling (a small town near Vienna, Austria).
He immigrated to the US arriving at Ellis Island with his wife Ida (n e Loewe, who was born in Budapest, Hungary) and son Erich on May 18, 1905.
www.samliquidation.com /noahidenews52.htm   (12576 words)

  
 Fritz Kortner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fritz Kortner (May 12, 1892 – July 22, 1970) was an Austrian-born stage and film actor.
Kortner was born in Vienna as Fritz Nathan Kohn.
He studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fritz_Kortner   (188 words)

  
 Portsmouth Herald Mass News: Search for John Kerry's ancestors unearths surprising roots
Birth records located by Felix Gundacker, director of the Institute for Historical Family Research in Vienna, show that Frederick A. Kerry was born Fritz Kohn, to Jewish parents in the town of Bennisch in what was then the Austrian empire, now part of the Czech Republic.
The record notes that Fritz Kohn changed his name to Frederick Kerry on March 17, 1902.
The document does not mention a baptism, but the family says Frederick Kerry was a Catholic and is buried at a Catholic cemetery in Brookline, a suburb of Boston.
www.seacoastonline.com /2003news/02022003/south_of/10992.htm   (823 words)

  
 Joplin Independent: Forum
Kerry's family tree can be traced back to 1873 when his Jewish grandfather named Fritz Kohn was born in a rural area to Benedikt and Mathilde Kohn.
Fritz eventually followed in the footsteps of his father, a brewer, practicing the trade in an area dominated by German-speaking Catholics.
It was not unusual for Jews to hide their religious backgrounds or their mother tongue, Hebrew, in order to be successful businessmen.
www.joplinindependent.com /comments_main.php/general/mariwinn1076117561   (536 words)

  
 MemeStreams | MemeStreams Discussion
Now comes bonesman John Kerry, whose real name is John Kohn, whose wealthy father, Richard Kohn, was a State Department big shot and whose Jewish grandfather, Fritz Kohn, originally came over to the U.S.A. from Czechoslovakia.
Fritz Kohn set up shop with fellow Jews on Wall Street and soaked up a fortune ripping off hapless Gentile clients.
In Massachusetts, Jews are not as popular as Irish Catholics, so the name "Kerry" was assigned the Kohn tribe.
www.memestreams.net /thread/bid12015   (244 words)

  
 www.mro.8k.com
Summers were spent at the Forbes family estate in France, and John enjoyed much greater extravagance there than he had come to know back in Massachusetts.
Kerry's paternal grandfather, Frederick A. Kerry (born Fritz Kohn), was born on May 10, 1873 in the town of Horni Benesov, Austria-Hungary (in what is now the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic), and grew up in Mödling, Austria (a small town near Vienna).
But in 1901, Fritz Kohn converted from Judaism to Catholicism and changed his name to Frederick Kerry.
www.mro.8k.com   (536 words)

  
 John Kerry's Jewish Grandfather (Fritz Kohn) Committed Suicide in 1921: Will this HURT Kerry's Cha - Above Top Secret ...
John Kerry's Jewish Grandfather (Fritz Kohn) Committed Suicide in 1921: Will this HURT Kerry's Cha
Incidentally the title of this thread (which you typed) is: "John Kerry's Jewish Grandfather (Fritz Kohn) Committed Suicide in 1921: Will this HURT Kerry's Cha..".
I've never heard that...!" so I interrupted them and told them that Kerry's grandparents were Czechoslovakian Jews who changed their religion to Catholicism and also changed their name from Kohn to Kerry...
www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread86143/pg2   (1220 words)

  
 Bartholomew's notes on religion
Kerry's grandfather, Fritz Kohn, had his name legally changed to 'Frederick Kerry' in Vienna in 1902)
So Kerry was only “sort of” telling the truth about his name, because really he’s “Kohn”.
I have seen the enemy, and it is Skerry.
blogs.salon.com /0003494/2004/08/03.html   (358 words)

  
 Richard Kerry
Richard Kerry's father was a Czech Jew who changed his name from Fritz Kohn to Frederick Kerry after converting to Catholicism in 1901.
He emigrated to the United States via Ellis Island in 1905.
Father: Frederick A. Kerry (born Fritz Kohn, 10-May-1873, d.
www.nndb.com /people/571/000056403   (75 words)

  
 TheSpoof.com : Kerry, Seeking Jewish Votes, Roots, Changes Family Name Back to "Kohn"; Polls Go Haywire funny ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kerry/Kohn, whose paternal grandfather, Fritz Kohn, was a Jewish emigrant from Central Europe who converted away from Judaism and changed his name to Frederick Kerry, said he has "an appointment to discuss Kabbala with Madonna" tonight, and will be "having bagels with Joe Lieberman on Sunday morning."
Next Wednesday, Kohn will undergo a formal re-circumcision by a mohel (ritual Jewish circumciser) on national TV.
A Zogby poll also revealed that only 39% of voters now consider Kerry "lugubrious", while his overall cadaverousness rating continued to hover in the low forties.
www.thespoof.com /news/spoof.cfm?headline=s2i3447   (520 words)

  
 Democratic Presidential Candidate John Forbes Kerry
How was this name chosen?  According to family legends, an atlas was opened to a random page and a pencil was dropped.  There the pencil dropped on Kerry County in Ireland and the Kerry name became immortalized in U.S. political history.
On October 9, 1901, Fritz Kohn, now Frederick Kerry and Ida, his wife, took their son, Erich, to the St. Othmar Catholic parish in Modling and were baptized as Christian Catholics.
The enigma of John Kerry and his Jewish ancestry to Fritz Kohn (aka Frederick Kerry) is a phenomenon that was a part of many Jewish Democratic candidates in the 2004 primaries.
biblesearchers.com /reflections/2004/augustkerry.shtml   (6076 words)

  
 John Kerry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kerry's paternal grandfather, Frederick A. Kerry (born Fritz Kohn), was born on May 10, 1873, in the town of Horní Benešov, Austria-Hungary, and grew up in Mödling, Austria (a small town near Vienna).
In 1901, Fritz and Ida Kohn converted from Judaism to Catholicism and changed his name to Frederick Kerry.
They then immigrated to the United States, arriving at Ellis Island in 1905.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/John_Kerry   (8887 words)

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