Alfred Fränkel – TURUL
Schuhfabrik
The
grandfather of John Kerry (American politician and diplomat, currently serving as the first United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. He previously served as the 68th United States Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017.), Fritz Kohn, led a shoe factory in Mödling until
1904. The Kerry grandfather, born in 1873 in Silesian Horni Benesov, moved with
his family via Vienna
to Mödling. There he lived vis-a-vis the shoe factory at Schillerstrasse 67 -
the building is still standing today. In 1891 Kohn had completed the Mödlinger
Gymnasium and then became authorized officer in the shoe factory of his uncle
Alfred Fränkel. In 1901 Kohn became a Catholic and changed his name - Kohn
became Kerry. In 1904, Kerry emigrated with his wife Ida to the United States.
In 1915, the child's third child, Richard - John's father - was born. In 1921,
Fritz (now called Frederick) shot himself in Boston after his company
went bankrupt.The
artist who designed the stamps was Fritz Salender
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