Correspondence with Cahn, Walter

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/250
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 109554
Dates
2 Jul 1955 - 17 Sep 1955
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Walter Cahn (1886-1972) was a Jewish-German anti-Nazi resistance fighter. In the Weimar Republic the World War One veteran had joined the Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten and got acquainted with Alfred Wiener. When the Nazis came to power he emigrated to the Netherlands. During the Second World War he became an active member of the Dutch resistance. W. Cahn was the brother of Ernst Cahn, the first person executed by the Nazis in the occupied Netherlands.

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding a meeting during an upcoming trip of Alfred Wiener to the Netherlands in July 1955.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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People

  • Cahn, Walter

Subjects

Places

  • Netherlands
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