The Kahn and Budge families collection
Extent and Medium
folders
2
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ruth Gannett Kahn In loving memory of H. Peter Kahn
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Ruth Gannett Kahn, widow of Hans Peter Kahn.
Scope and Content
Contains photographs depicting the Kahn and the Budge families of Frankfurt am Main, both wealthy Jewish families of bankers and stockbrokers; the photographs date from late 19th century to mid-20th century. The Budge family moved to Hamburg, where they purchased a mansion or “Palais,” which was confiscated by the Nazi regime in 1938. Documents in the collection include a diary written in 1914; an affidavit dated January 28, 1936, which enabled Emil Kahn and his two sons to immigrate to the US in 1937; financial statements and money transfer documents; and a letter written in German by Siegfried Budge.
Subjects
- United Staes--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document
- Affidavits.
- Letters.