Sue Kahn - NNN 2025

Born: February 27, 1932 – Düsseldorf, Germany

STORY OF SURVIVAL

Sue Kahn and her family fled Nazi Germany overnight to Amsterdam when Hitler rose to power. When Jewish women were required to adopt “Sarah” as a middle name to identify themselves as Jews, her family knew it was time to leave. After the war began in 1939, they immigrated to the United States. Sue vividly remembers celebrating a Seder aboard the New Amsterdam ship and the emotional moment of seeing the Statue of Liberty for the first time. After settling in Far Rockaway and later Washington Heights, Sue rebuilt her life in the shadow of the Holocaust, having lost many loved ones. In 1952, she married and moved to Chicago, where she raised five children and remained deeply committed to Jewish life. Her story is one of survival, resilience, and unwavering faith.