Leonie Cohn
{{short description|British radio producer}}
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Leonie Clara Cohn (1917-2009, married name Findlay) was a BBC radio producer{{cite book |last1=Rubinstein |first1=W. |last2=Jolles |first2=Michael A. |title=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History |date=2011 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9780230304666 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spOxzrifZjcC&q=leonie+cohn&pg=PT366 |accessdate=17 January 2020 |chapter=Cohn, Leonie Clara |via=Google Books}}
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- {{cite news |title=Leonie Cohn: BBC radio producer |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/europe-travel/germany/berlin/leonie-cohn-bbc-radio-producer-lzw2m762pzm |access-date=17 January 2020 |work=The Times |date=21 September 2009 |url-access=subscription}}
- {{cite news |title=Leonie Cohn, radio producer (obituary) |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/leonie-cohn-radio-producer-1-776900 |accessdate=16 January 2020 |work=The Scotsman |date=29 September 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Snowman |first1=Daniel|author-link=Daniel Snowman |title=Leonie Cohn (obituary) |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/aug/31/leonie-cohn-obituary |accessdate=16 January 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=1 September 2009}}
Early life and education
Cohn was born on 22 June 1917 in Königsberg to a Jewish family. In 1935, she moved to Italy to study at the University of Rome. Both of her parents were murdered in the Holocaust. After finishing school, she moved to the United Kingdom to live with the art critic Herbert Read and his family.
Career
During the Second World War, she worked as a translator for the BBC's German Service. She married Paul Findla, who eventually became the head of BBC TV administration, and had two children, Mark and Andrea.
She retired in 1977 after 36 years with BBC. She died on 9 August 2009 at age 92 and was buried with her husband on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.
Selected publications
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Cohn |editor1-first=Leonie |editor2-last=Shire |editor2-first=Adrian |title=Belsize 2000: A Living Suburb |date=2000 |publisher=Belsize Conservation Area Advisory Committee |isbn=978-0953942107 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/belsize2000livin00shir }}
- {{cite book |editor-last=Cohn |editor-first=Leonie |title=Belsize Park: A Living Suburb |date=1986 |publisher=Belsize Park Conservation Area}}
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