Korn was initially sent to the Sosnowiec Ghetto, where he worked in a factory. He later moved into the Czestochowa Ghetto in February 1942. Korn was transported to the Buchenwald concentration camp in present-day Germany.
Korn was liberated by the United States Army on April 11, 1945. After the war, Korn immigrated to the United States. He settled in New York City and worked as a taxi driver. Korn later became a successful businessman and owned a chain of dry cleaners.
Abraham Korn died on May 14, 2013, at the age of 92. He is survived by his wife, two children, and four grandchildren.
How did Abraham Korn escape his concentration camps?
Korn escaped from several concentration camps during the Holocaust. He first escaped from the Sosnowiec Ghetto in 1943 by hiding in a coal train. Korn later escaped from the Czestochowa Ghetto in 1944 by climbing over the fence and hiding in a nearby forest.
Korn was finally liberated from the Buchenwald concentration camp by the United States Army on April 11, 1945.