Kahn family collection

Identifier
irn604103
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.317.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
  • Italian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn604103

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joel S. Kahn, MD and family

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Joel S. Kahn, MD.

Scope and Content

Collection of documents and photographs relating to Fanny and Werner Kahn (donor's grandmother and father) documenting their life in Gemmingen, Germany and their immigration to the United States via Italy in 1939-1940. Collection includes pre-war family photographs, their German passport (Deutsches Reich Reisepass), and a receipt attached to the passport.

Subjects

  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Gemmingen (Germany).

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.