Segal, Hannah Kroner

Moritz Kroner was a physician and decorated German officer in the wars of 1866, 1870-1871 and 1914-1918. In 1871 he got married to Emilie Frenckel. Moritz Kroner died on April 18, 1922.

Moritz Kroner’s son Eugen, born 1873, was a Berlin merchant, co-owner of Wolff and Kroner. He managed to escape with his family to the United States in 1939.

Eugen Kroner’s daughter Hannah was a ballet dancer, who studied with the Ballett-Schule Terpis-Arco and performed for the Juedischer Kulturbund in Berlin.

From the guide to the Kroner Family Collection, 1872-1940, 2000, (Leo Baeck Institute)