IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1206
Held at: Wiener Library
Title: Hepner and Cahn: Family papers
Date(s): 1874-1952
Level of description: collection
Extent: 2 files
Name of creator(s): Hepner | Kathy | Cahn- | fl 1932-1995 | x Cahn-Hepner
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Kathe Cahn-Hepner and Mrs Jacobs-Hepner, the depositors of this collection, are the daughters of Fritz and Leonie Cahn, German Jews who spent the war years in Switzerland. The depositors provided brief notes about most of the correspondents, many of whom perished in the Holocaust.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Original (and some copy) correspondence between friends and relatives of the Cahn Hepner family, 1874-1952, many of whom perished in the Holocaust.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: German
System of arrangement:
The material has been arranged alphabetically according to correspondent. Copy correspondence (mostly between family members) is described separately [1206/1/1-31]. In addition, there are miscellaneous writings and some newspaper cuttings [1206/2/1-2]. Many of the letters have been annotated (probably by the depositors) with information relating to the correspondents' identity and/or fate.
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Finding aids:
Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Kathy Cahn Hepner
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.
Date(s) of descriptions: January 2008