Hepner and Cahn: family papers
Extent and Medium
2 folders
Acquisition
Donated 1995
Donor: Mrs Jacobs and Mrs Cahn
Scope and Content
This collection of papers consists primarily of original (and some copy) correspondence between friends and relatives of the Cahn Hepner family. Käthe Ruth Cahn-Hepner (1924-2019) and Mrs Jacobs-Hepner, the depositors of this collection, are the daughters of Fritz and Leonie Cahn, German Jews who spent the war years in Switzerland. The depositors provided brief notes about most of the correspondents, many of whom perished in the Holocaust. This information has been incorporated into the descriptions below, along with information from additional sources, which sheds further light on their fate. In addition, there are miscellaneous writings and some newspaper cuttings [1206/2/1-2]. Many of the letters have been annotated (probably by the depositors) with information relating to the correspondents' identity and/ or fate.
System of Arrangement
The material has been arranged alphabetically according to correspondent. Copy correspondence (mostly between family members) is described separately [1206/1/1-31].
Conditions Governing Access
Open
People
- Kantorowicz, Ernst
- Fuchs, Hansi
- Smelana, Gisela
- Hepner family
- Cahn family
- Jensen, Eugen
Subjects
- Holocaust
- Terezin (ghetto)
- Family documents [doc]
- Deportations
Places
- Berlin