NameLeonie Böhm
Birth31 Mar 1884
Death26 Jan 1966
FatherHeinrich Böhm (1847-1922)
MotherClara Bach (Bauch) (1860-1940)
Notes for Leonie Böhm
{geni:about_me} http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~.../bohmdes.html#bohmle

see [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~.../leonie_bohm.html#st '''Leonie's story'''] - 1940 escape, (7) of them; '''Leonie''', '''Hedl''', '''Stern''' and '''Wolf''' families

[http://www.geni.com/documents/view/profile-6000000...4088&mode=tagged Naturalization record] - '''SS Guine''' ship '''Leonie''' arrived on 4/15/1941 [http://www.google.ca/#pq=%22ss+guine%22+april+15+1...cp.,cf.osb&cad=b ''google''] is referenced in a book: “Lotta and the USC story” p. 28, ''by Clyde Sanger 1986''; - April 1942 ..'''SS Guine''', a cargo boat chartered by the Joint, departed from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon Lisbon] (Portugal) with a long list of refugee passengers, including ''Lotta Hitschmanova'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotta_Hitschmanova ''wikipedia''], [http://www.geni.com/people/Lotta-Hitschmanova/6000000014485565468 ''geni'']..''Lotta''s boat journey, however, turned out to be among the most dangerous days of her life, because a few miles from the U.S. shore, it was discovered that the pro-Nazi ship captain of the '''SS Guine''' was hiding a German submarine beneath the ship. US fighter planes were dispatched to torpedo the waters surrounding the boat, but the passengers were eventually allowed to disembark safely..

After fleeing the Nazis, '''Leonie''' her daughter '''Clarisse''' and Leonie's sister '''Sophie''' settled in Miami Beach. They lived (abt 1941-1959) in an Apartment building built by Sophie's son [http://www.geni.com/people/Otto-Kary/6000000009929351887 '''Otto Kary''']. To support her self, '''Leonie''' became the property manager of the building. When her sister '''Sophie''' became ill, they moved to New York for better care.

[http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=3915+meridian+ave+mia...06xMio_xB_RNxISSiaCA Miami residence link-1] -
[http://www.retrohomemiami.com/index.php?option=com...sk=showEO&id=199 Miami residence link-2] -
[http://www.realtor.com/property-search/Miami-Beach_FL/N-Meridian-Ave?source=web Miami residence link-3]
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