Dr. Zilla Cahn collection

Identifier
irn34823
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.32
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 2008
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn34823

Extent and Medium

boxes

7

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Daniel Wagner

Daniel Wagner donated his late mother's research to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Jan. 28, 2008.

Scope and Content

Consists of research notes and reference material collected by Dr. Zilla Cahn regarding the role of intellectuals in post-war France. Dr. Cahn, who passed away before publishing a book on the topic, explored the idea that French intellectuals worked to conceal the moral culpability of their actions during World War II; she collected, indexed, and cross-referenced a great deal of information related to this topic.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged thematically.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Mr. Daniel Wagner

Subjects

  • France--History--1945-.

Genre

  • Document
  • Research papers.
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