Biography

About Anna Kahn-Hes

Anna Hes was a daughter of Alexander Hes and Hester van Leeuwen. She was the widow of Simon Kahn.
C. Frankenhuis-van Scheijen en E. E. Können, De vier joodse begraafplaatsen te Zaltbommel: de geschiedenis, de graftekens en de begravenen (Zaltbommel 1994) 83

Anna Hes fled in the thirties from Germany to Zaltbommel. She started a clothes shop there (baby clothes, embroideries, silk and wool) with the help of her brother.
USC Shoah Foundation, USC-SF nr. 13131 (interview Alexander Hes)



A memorial in Zaltbommel commemorates the Jewish victims of this town. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.