Rabbi Romi Cohn, Holocaust survivor and rescuer, dies of coronavirus at 92

In January, Cohn, known as Romi, delivered the opening prayer in the U.S. House of Representatives for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and International Holocaust Remembrance Day

A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR holds the hand of his granddaughter during the annual ‘March of the Living’ at Auschwitz in May 2019

A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR holds the hand of his granddaughter during the annual ‘March of the Living’ at Auschwitz in May 2019

(photo credit: REUTERS/KACPER PEMPEL)

ByMARCY OSTER/JTA

MARCH 25, 2020 11:13