Frank is one of quickly vanishing small group of surviving #veterans. Coincidentally today marks 80 years since Germany surrendered in #WW2. www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024...
On the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, two veterans remember
Local veterans Harry Miller and Frank Cohn recalled their experiences during one of worst winters in European history.
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May 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Frank is one of quickly vanishing small group of surviving #veterans. Coincidentally today marks 80 years since Germany surrendered in #WW2. www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024...
I was incredibly lucky to know him. I haven’t seen him in a few years, but I remember watching him spring up the bema (podium) steps at 96. He’ll be 100 on August 2.
You can read more of Frank’s story here and listen to it in his own words. www.ushmm.org/remember/hol...
You can read more of Frank’s story here and listen to it in his own words. www.ushmm.org/remember/hol...
Frank Cohn - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Frank Cohn was born Franz Cohn on August 2, 1925, in Breslau, Germany (present day: Wrocław, Poland) to Martin Cohn and Ruth Potlitzer Cohn. An only child, Frank lived comfortably with his parents in ...
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May 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I was incredibly lucky to know him. I haven’t seen him in a few years, but I remember watching him spring up the bema (podium) steps at 96. He’ll be 100 on August 2.
You can read more of Frank’s story here and listen to it in his own words. www.ushmm.org/remember/hol...
You can read more of Frank’s story here and listen to it in his own words. www.ushmm.org/remember/hol...
Trump has deported #asylum seekers and families without criminal records as part of his #immigration crack down. They have been given no due process to plea their cases. We have no way of knowing how many of them could have been remarkable future citizens regardless of starting off #undocumented.
May 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Trump has deported #asylum seekers and families without criminal records as part of his #immigration crack down. They have been given no due process to plea their cases. We have no way of knowing how many of them could have been remarkable future citizens regardless of starting off #undocumented.
Not every unauthorized #immigrant is fleeing #Nazis, but many asylum seekers are just as afraid of being killed should they return to their country of origin. Frank and his family could easily have been thrown back to the wolves as shamefully many #Jews were.
May 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Not every unauthorized #immigrant is fleeing #Nazis, but many asylum seekers are just as afraid of being killed should they return to their country of origin. Frank and his family could easily have been thrown back to the wolves as shamefully many #Jews were.
Every year near November 9th he would host a celebration at my synagogue. He’d tell the story of his escape, his rushed boot camp after being drafted, and transfer to a shortened intelligence training. Luckily, in Germany intelligence didn’t wear ranks, which hid he was only a half-trained private.
May 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Every year near November 9th he would host a celebration at my synagogue. He’d tell the story of his escape, his rushed boot camp after being drafted, and transfer to a shortened intelligence training. Luckily, in Germany intelligence didn’t wear ranks, which hid he was only a half-trained private.
Col. Cohn is still alive. A month after his 18th birthday he was drafted. During basic training he became a US citizen. He served in the Army for 35 years and retired as Chief of Staff of the Military District of Washington. He volunteers at the Holocaust Museum in DC where you can hear his story.
May 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Col. Cohn is still alive. A month after his 18th birthday he was drafted. During basic training he became a US citizen. He served in the Army for 35 years and retired as Chief of Staff of the Military District of Washington. He volunteers at the Holocaust Museum in DC where you can hear his story.
President Roosevelt used his executive authority to extend the visas of all Germans in the United States on temporary visas. The Cohns were allowed to stay, but 11 family members back in Germany were not so lucky.
May 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
President Roosevelt used his executive authority to extend the visas of all Germans in the United States on temporary visas. The Cohns were allowed to stay, but 11 family members back in Germany were not so lucky.
Everything above is accurate, but a few details. Frank Cohn was born in 1925 and fled #Nazi Germany in 1938. His family reunited in NY on October 30th, 1938. November 9th was #Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass), a wave of anti- #Jewish violence throughout Nazi Germany.
May 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Everything above is accurate, but a few details. Frank Cohn was born in 1925 and fled #Nazi Germany in 1938. His family reunited in NY on October 30th, 1938. November 9th was #Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass), a wave of anti- #Jewish violence throughout Nazi Germany.
They feared being deported.
They feared being killed by the gang members. Francisco and his family should have been able to apply for #asylum, but didn’t believe they’d have a fair chance. Luckily his family was granted temporary protected status #TPS. When he was 18 Francisco joined the US #Army.
They feared being killed by the gang members. Francisco and his family should have been able to apply for #asylum, but didn’t believe they’d have a fair chance. Luckily his family was granted temporary protected status #TPS. When he was 18 Francisco joined the US #Army.
May 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
His mother was terrified they’d be denied entry if the government knew his father was already there, but they had no issues. They knew they if overstayed their visa it would be breaking the law, but they had no intention of going back.
May 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
His mother was terrified they’d be denied entry if the government knew his father was already there, but they had no issues. They knew they if overstayed their visa it would be breaking the law, but they had no intention of going back.
Soon after the gang members harassed his mother as they looked for his father. She wrote his father saying to not come back. They could no longer stay and wait. His mother bribed a local official to get them both tourist visas. They each packed one suitcase and left without saying goodbye.
May 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Soon after the gang members harassed his mother as they looked for his father. She wrote his father saying to not come back. They could no longer stay and wait. His mother bribed a local official to get them both tourist visas. They each packed one suitcase and left without saying goodbye.
At one point Francisco ran home from school after a couple of gang members threatened him. His father fled to the United States just after his 13th birthday. He hoped to have the family to join him once he was establish.
May 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
At one point Francisco ran home from school after a couple of gang members threatened him. His father fled to the United States just after his 13th birthday. He hoped to have the family to join him once he was establish.