Adolph Kurt Böhm, known as Mutz, fled Germany for Paris with his Jewish father Josef, his non-Jewish mother Maria, and his brother Gerhard in December 1933. Mutz took piano lessons, and began attending the academy of art in 1941.
After the Germans occupied Paris, his father managed to escape to Switzerland. Being classified as “half-Jews,” Mutz Böhm and his brother were largely protected from persecution. Maria Böhm gradually built up a small network of helpers for persecuted Jews. The Böhms obtained accommodation and financial support for them. The art student Mutz began forging papers. He started by altering food ration coupons, and later produced forged identity papers.
In the summer of 1942 the Böhms housed five members of the Rosenstiehl family in housemaids’ rooms in their building. Shortly after Paris was liberated, the family were arrested as alleged German collaborators. Raymond Rosenstiehl vouched for them and achieved their release.
Mutz Böhm became a pianist and composer. In 1994 he and Maria Böhm were honored as Righteous Among the Nations.