Gaston Kahn collection

Identifier: irn47913
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Marcel-Francis Kahn, the son of Gaston Kahn.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a rubber hand stamp, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Gaston Kahn, his wife Jeanne, and children Danny-Claude and Marcel-Francis during the Holocaust in Paris, Gap, and Marseille, France, when Gaston worked with the Comite d'Assistance Aux Refugies and the Union Generale Des Israelites De France, and after the Holocaust in Paris.

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Gaston Kahn papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn49133
- English
- 1936-2003
- folders oversize box 2 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Consists of documents from the collection of Gaston Kahn, who served as the director of the CAR ("comité d'assistance aux réfugiés) an aid organization affiliated with the Joint Distribution Committee that provided aid to Jewish refugees in the prewar period. Includes reports and a newsletter from the "L'Accueil Francais aux Autrichiens" [French Home for Austrians] in 1938-1939; a photograph of the CAR leadership of Gaston Kahn, Albert Levy, and R. R. Lambert; wartime ration cards; postcards and an envelope; and a recommendation letter, as well as copies of additional documentation related ...
Hand stamp, European Executive Council of the American Joint Distribution Committee, used by a council member
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn85875
- English
- 1945-1946
- overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Rubber hand stamp used by Gaston Kahn in Paris, France, from 1945 to 1946, when he served on the European Executive Council of the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC.) From 1936, Gaston was the Director of the Comite d'Assistance Aux Refugies (CAR), an affiliate of the AJDC. In 1939, he assisted the refugees from the Ms. St. Louis, after its forced return from Cuba. After Germany invaded France in May 1940, Gaston, his wife Jeanne, Danny-Claude, age 14, and Marcel-Francis, age 10, fled Paris for Limoges. In November 1941, Gaston was asked by a Vichy official to direct the Union Gen...

Gaston Kahn collection

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Gaston Kahn papers

Hand stamp, European Executive Council of the American Joint Distribution Committee, used by a council member