Correspondence with Kahn, Bernhard and Dora

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/726
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 110458
Dates
10 Jan 1955 - 1 Dec 1959
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden

Biographical History

Bernhard Kahn (1876-1955) was an international Jewish welfare worker. He had served as secretary of the Hilfsverein der deutschen Juden in Berlin, and as European director of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in Paris. At the beginning of the Second World War he and his wife Dora moved to the US. See Walk, J., Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden 1918-1945, Munich et. al., K. G. Saur, 1988, p. 179.

Scope and Content

Correspondence with B. Kahn on his activities for the Hilfsverein, and expressions of condolences for D. Kahn after the passing of her husband. The latter contains a brief reflection by Alfred Wiener on when he first met B. Kahn.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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People

  • Kahn, Dora
  • Kahn, Bernhard

Subjects

  • Relief work
  • Refugees
  • German-Jewish organisations

Places

  • Weimar Republic [1919-1933]
  • Imperial Germany [1871-1918]
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