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[[File:Marianne-cohnL.jpg|thumb|Marianne Cohn]]
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[[File:Marianne Cohn.jpg|thumb|[[Stolperstein]] in Berlin-[[Tempelhof]] for Marianne Cohn: Here lived Marianne Cohn, born 1922, escaped 1934 [to] France, denounced, murdered 8/7/1944 in [[Ville-la-Grand]].]]
[[File:Marianne Cohn.jpg|thumb|[[Stolperstein]] in Berlin-[[Tempelhof]] for Marianne Cohn: Here lived Marianne Cohn, born 1922, escaped 1934 [to] France, denounced, murdered 8/7/1944 in [[Ville-la-Grand]].]]
'''Marianne Cohn''' (17 September 1922, in [[Mannheim]] – 8 July 1944, in [[Haute-Savoie]]), was a German-born [[French Resistance]] fighter.
'''Marianne Cohn''' (17 September 1922, in [[Mannheim]] – 8 July 1944, in [[Haute-Savoie]]), was a German-born [[French Resistance]] fighter.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Marianne Cohn was the eldest child of a family of German intellectuals of Jewish descent, but they did not practice [[Judaism]] and had little connection to the Jewish community of [[Germany]]. The family left Germany, eventually settling in France where Marianne's parents were deported to the [[Gurs internment camp]], as German nationals. She and her sister were taken in by the [[Eclaireurs israélites de France|Jewish Scouts organization]], with the opportunity to rediscover their Jewish identity.<ref name="Schilde2007">{{cite book|author=Schilde, Kurt |title="Geht die Arbeit weiter? Marianne Cohn - illegale Sozialarbeiterin in der Resistence." In: Jugendopposition 1933-1945: ausgewählte Beiträge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JPSYoJTQONkC&q=Je+trahirai+demain%2C+pas+aujourd%27hui&pg=PA73|year=2007|publisher=Lukas Verlag|isbn=978-3-86732-009-2|pages=63–75}}</ref>
Marianne Cohn was the eldest child of a family of German intellectuals of Jewish descent, but they did not practice [[Judaism]] and had little connection to the [[History of the Jews in Germany|Jewish community of Germany]]. The family left Germany, eventually settling in France where Marianne's parents were deported to the [[Gurs internment camp]], as German nationals. She and her sister were taken in by the [[Eclaireurs israélites de France|Jewish Scouts organization]], with the opportunity to rediscover their Jewish identity.<ref name="Schilde2007">{{cite book|author=Schilde, Kurt |title="Geht die Arbeit weiter? Marianne Cohn - illegale Sozialarbeiterin in der Résistance." In: Jugendopposition 1933-1945: ausgewählte Beiträge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JPSYoJTQONkC&q=Je+trahirai+demain%2C+pas+aujourd%27hui&pg=PA73|year=2007|publisher=Lukas Verlag|isbn=978-3-86732-009-2|pages=63–75}}</ref>


In 1942 Marianne began to smuggle Jewish children out of [[France]]. Threatened with deportation, she was incarcerated at [[Nice]] and released three months later. It was during this initial detention in 1943, she wrote her famous poem ''"Je trahirai demain"'' (I shall betray tomorrow):
In 1942 Marianne began to smuggle Jewish children out of [[France]]. Threatened with deportation, she was incarcerated at [[Nice]] and released three months later. It was during this initial detention in 1943, she wrote her famous poem ''"Je trahirai demain"'' (I shall betray tomorrow):
{{quote|Tomorrow, I will betray, not today.
{{quote|Tomorrow, I will betray, not today.


Tear out my nails today,
Tear out my nails today,


I will not betray.
I will not betray.
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Tomorrow, I will betray. (...)<ref>Paldiel, Mordecai (2012). Righteous Gentiles and Courageous Jews: Acknowledging and Honoring Rescuers of Jews. French Politics, Culture & Society 30, (2), pp. 134-149</ref>}}
Tomorrow, I will betray. (...)<ref>Paldiel, Mordecai (2012). Righteous Gentiles and Courageous Jews: Acknowledging and Honoring Rescuers of Jews. French Politics, Culture & Society 30, (2), pp. 134-149</ref>}}


After her release she resumed her underground activities, supervising children before their departure for [[Switzerland]]. Later, in January 1944, she began working with [[Rolande Birgy]] (see [[:fr:Rolande Birgy|French Wikipedia article]]), shuttling two or three groups, each with up to twenty children across the southern border, passing through [[Lyon|Lyons]] and [[Annecy]]. Birgy had been teamed with [[Mila Racine]] (see [[:fr:Mila Racine|French Wikipedia article]]) before she was arrested on 21 October 1943.<ref>[http://www.aloumim.org.il/histoire/souvenir-camarades.html Je voudrais évoquer ici le souvenir de quatre de mes camarades de Résistance...] Mais après l'arrestation de Mila Racine et de Roland Epstein, Marianne, alors âgée de 21 ans, passe à la Sixième et prend la relève avec Rolande Birgy, militante de la JOC (Jeunesse Ouvrière Chrétienne), reconnue en 1984 comme Juste parmi les Nations.</ref>
After her release she resumed her underground activities, supervising children before their departure for [[Switzerland]]. Later, in January 1944, she began working with [[:fr:Rolande_Birgy|Rolande Birgy]], shuttling two or three groups, each with up to twenty children across the southern border, passing through [[Lyon]]s and [[Annecy]]. Birgy had been teamed with [[Mila Racine]], before she was arrested on 21 October 1943.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Au prix de leur vie... |url=http://www.aloumim.org.il/histoire/souvenir-camarades.html |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=www.aloumim.org.il}}</ref>


Cohn was arrested on 31 May 1944 near [[Annemasse]] with a group of twenty-eight children, including [[Renee Bornstein]] and incarcerated at the [[Hotel Pax]] by the [[Gestapo]]. Despite the [[torture]], she did not speak. Her resistance unit formed a plan to free her, but she refused, fearing reprisals on children.<ref>Mordecai Paldiel (2012). Righteous Gentiles and Courageous Jews: Acknowledging and Honoring Rescuers of Jews. French Politics, Culture & Society 30, (2), p. 146</ref> On the night of 8 July 1944 the [[Gestapo]] based in [[Lyon|Lyons]] sent a team to Annemasse to remove six prisoners, including Cohn, and killed them in a forest near [[Ville-la-Grand]] by hitting them with clubs or rifle butts.<ref>Dozol, Vincent (21 juin 2010). [http://doc.sciencespo-lyon.fr/Ressources/Documents/Etudiants/Memoires/Cyberdocs/MFE2010/dozol_v/pdf/dozol_v.pdf Annemasse, ville frontière 1940-1944] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201700/http://doc.sciencespo-lyon.fr/Ressources/Documents/Etudiants/Memoires/Cyberdocs/MFE2010/dozol_v/pdf/dozol_v.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }}, Université de Lyon, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lyon, p.33</ref><ref>Meyer, Ahlrich (2017). [https://web.archive.org/web/20170425210803/http://www.fritz-bauer-institut.de/fileadmin/user_upload/uploadsFBI/einsicht/Einsicht-17.pdf Das Dossier Marianne Cohn. Geschichte einer gescheiterten Ermittlung]. Einsicht, 17. Bulletin des Fritz-Bauer-Instituts, p. 21–25</ref>she saved 200 children : sparkels :):(
Cohn was arrested on 31 May 1944 near [[Annemasse]] with a group of twenty-eight children, including [[Renee Bornstein]] and incarcerated at the [[:fr:Hôtel_Pax|Hotel Pax]] by the [[Gestapo]]. Despite the [[torture]], she did not speak. Her resistance unit formed a plan to free her, but she refused, fearing reprisals on children.<ref>Mordecai Paldiel (2012). Righteous Gentiles and Courageous Jews: Acknowledging and Honoring Rescuers of Jews. French Politics, Culture & Society 30, (2), p. 146</ref> On the night of 8 July 1944 the [[Gestapo]] based in [[Lyon]]s sent a team to Annemasse to remove six prisoners, including Cohn, and killed them in a forest near [[Ville-la-Grand]] by hitting them with clubs or rifle butts.<ref>Dozol, Vincent (21 juin 2010). [http://doc.sciencespo-lyon.fr/Ressources/Documents/Etudiants/Memoires/Cyberdocs/MFE2010/dozol_v/pdf/dozol_v.pdf Annemasse, ville frontière 1940-1944] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201700/http://doc.sciencespo-lyon.fr/Ressources/Documents/Etudiants/Memoires/Cyberdocs/MFE2010/dozol_v/pdf/dozol_v.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }}, Université de Lyon, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lyon, p.33</ref><ref>Meyer, Ahlrich (2017). [https://web.archive.org/web/20170425210803/http://www.fritz-bauer-institut.de/fileadmin/user_upload/uploadsFBI/einsicht/Einsicht-17.pdf Das Dossier Marianne Cohn. Geschichte einer gescheiterten Ermittlung]. Einsicht, 17. Bulletin des Fritz-Bauer-Instituts, p. 21–25</ref>


== Commemoration ==
== Commemoration ==
On 7 November 1945, the French military government awarded Marianne Cohn posthumously with the [[Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (France)|war cross with silver star]].
On 7 November 1945, the French military government awarded Marianne Cohn posthumously with the [[Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (France)|Croix de Guerre with silver star]].
There is a school in Annemasse, a school in [[Berlin]] and a street in Ville-la-Grand bearing her name.<ref>Schilde (2007), pp. 74-75</ref>
There is a school in Annemasse, a school in [[Berlin]] and a street in Ville-la-Grand bearing her name.<ref>Schilde (2007), pp. 74-75</ref>

In 2023 it was announced that Marianne Cohn would feature in an exhibit within the upcoming [[Fortnite Holocaust Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gillott |first=Hannah |date=3 August 2023 |title=Virtual Holocaust museum to be launched in Fortnite |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/news/virtual-holocaust-museum-to-be-launched-in-fortnite-51yR6RpobSfpHOpN7EiZ5z |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=www.thejc.com}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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* Magali Renaud Ktorza, Marianne Cohn au service des enfants juifs, Éditions Ampelos, Paris, 2021, {{ISBN|978-2-35618-210-4}}.
*the first biographie about Marianne Cohn.
Magali Renaud Ktorza,
⚫
Marianne Cohn au service des enfats juifs,Éditions Ampelos, Paris, 2021,215 pp.
ISBN: 978-2-35618-210-4.

* Bruno Doucey, Si tu parles, Marianne, éd. Élytis, 2014
* Bruno Doucey, Si tu parles, Marianne, éd. Élytis, 2014
* Magali Ktorza, "Marianne Cohn, ''I betray tomorrow, not today'', ''Revue d'histoire de la Shoah,''No. 161, September–December 1997, pp. 96–112
* Magali Ktorza, "Marianne Cohn, ''I betray tomorrow, not today'', ''Revue d'histoire de la Shoah,''No. 161, September–December 1997, pp. 96–112
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==External links==
==External links==
* Doreen Rappaport, [http://www.jwmag.org/document.doc?id=438 "Beyond Courage"], jwmag.org; accessed 5 December 2016
* Doreen Rappaport, [http://www.jwmag.org/document.doc?id=438 "Beyond Courage"], jwmag.org; accessed 5 December 2016
* Ludwig Fineltain, [http://www.bulletindepsychiatrie.com/shoah.htm LES SYNDROMES DES SURVIVANTS DE LA SHOAH], bulletindepsychiatrie.com; accessed 5 December 2016


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Marianne Cohn
Stolperstein in Berlin-Tempelhof for Marianne Cohn: Here lived Marianne Cohn, born 1922, escaped 1934 [to] France, denounced, murdered 8/7/1944 in Ville-la-Grand.

Marianne Cohn (17 September 1922, in Mannheim – 8 July 1944, in Haute-Savoie), was a German-born French Resistance fighter.

Biography

[edit]

Marianne Cohn was the eldest child of a family of German intellectuals of Jewish descent, but they did not practice Judaism and had little connection to the Jewish community of Germany. The family left Germany, eventually settling in France where Marianne's parents were deported to the Gurs internment camp, as German nationals. She and her sister were taken in by the Jewish Scouts organization, with the opportunity to rediscover their Jewish identity.[1]

In 1942 Marianne began to smuggle Jewish children out of France. Threatened with deportation, she was incarcerated at Nice and released three months later. It was during this initial detention in 1943, she wrote her famous poem "Je trahirai demain" (I shall betray tomorrow):

Tomorrow, I will betray, not today.

Tear out my nails today,

I will not betray.

You don't know how long I can hold out

but I know.

You are five rough hands, with rings.

You have hob-nailed boots on your feet....

Today I have nothing to say.

Tomorrow, I will betray. (...)[2]

After her release she resumed her underground activities, supervising children before their departure for Switzerland. Later, in January 1944, she began working with Rolande Birgy, shuttling two or three groups, each with up to twenty children across the southern border, passing through Lyons and Annecy. Birgy had been teamed with Mila Racine, before she was arrested on 21 October 1943.[3]

Cohn was arrested on 31 May 1944 near Annemasse with a group of twenty-eight children, including Renee Bornstein and incarcerated at the Hotel Pax by the Gestapo. Despite the torture, she did not speak. Her resistance unit formed a plan to free her, but she refused, fearing reprisals on children.[4] On the night of 8 July 1944 the Gestapo based in Lyons sent a team to Annemasse to remove six prisoners, including Cohn, and killed them in a forest near Ville-la-Grand by hitting them with clubs or rifle butts.[5][6]

Commemoration

[edit]

On 7 November 1945, the French military government awarded Marianne Cohn posthumously with the Croix de Guerre with silver star. There is a school in Annemasse, a school in Berlin and a street in Ville-la-Grand bearing her name.[7]

In 2023 it was announced that Marianne Cohn would feature in an exhibit within the upcoming Fortnite Holocaust Museum.[8]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Schilde, Kurt (2007). "Geht die Arbeit weiter? Marianne Cohn - illegale Sozialarbeiterin in der Résistance." In: Jugendopposition 1933-1945: ausgewählte Beiträge. Lukas Verlag. pp. 63–75. ISBN 978-3-86732-009-2.
  2. ^ Paldiel, Mordecai (2012). Righteous Gentiles and Courageous Jews: Acknowledging and Honoring Rescuers of Jews. French Politics, Culture & Society 30, (2), pp. 134-149
  3. ^ "Au prix de leur vie..." www.aloumim.org.il. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  4. ^ Mordecai Paldiel (2012). Righteous Gentiles and Courageous Jews: Acknowledging and Honoring Rescuers of Jews. French Politics, Culture & Society 30, (2), p. 146
  5. ^ Dozol, Vincent (21 juin 2010). Annemasse, ville frontière 1940-1944 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Université de Lyon, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lyon, p.33
  6. ^ Meyer, Ahlrich (2017). Das Dossier Marianne Cohn. Geschichte einer gescheiterten Ermittlung. Einsicht, 17. Bulletin des Fritz-Bauer-Instituts, p. 21–25
  7. ^ Schilde (2007), pp. 74-75
  8. ^ Gillott, Hannah (3 August 2023). "Virtual Holocaust museum to be launched in Fortnite". www.thejc.com. Retrieved 2023-08-14.

Bibliography

[edit]
  • Magali Renaud Ktorza, Marianne Cohn au service des enfants juifs, Éditions Ampelos, Paris, 2021, ISBN 978-2-35618-210-4.
  • Bruno Doucey, Si tu parles, Marianne, éd. Élytis, 2014
  • Magali Ktorza, "Marianne Cohn, I betray tomorrow, not today, Revue d'histoire de la Shoah,No. 161, September–December 1997, pp. 96–112
  • François Marcot, Robert Laffont (eds.), "Marianne Cohn", in: Dictionnaire historique de la Résistance, 2006, pp. 392–393
  • Croquet, Jean-Claude (1996). Chemins de passage: les passages clandestins entre la Haute-Savoie et la Suisse de 1940 à 1944, [exposition itinérante réalisée à Gaillard en 1995]. Saint-Julien-Genevois: La Salevienne. pp. 71–80
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