Gaston Kahn collection

• 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 ...

• 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...