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Cahn family papers


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 802

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Cahn family papers

Date(s): 1940-1983

Level of description: Collection level (fonds)

Extent: 1 folder

Name of creator(s): Cahn family

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Sophie Cahn was a German Jewish refugee. Her father, Emanuel Cahn, died in Theresienstadt concentration camp, 1942. His children emigrated to Canada, USA, UK, and Israel.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Cahn family papers, 1940-1983 including copies of Red Cross telegrams sent by Sophie Cahn from England to her father, Emanuel Cahn in Mönchen-Gladbach, 25 Jun 1940-3 Jun 1942; copy of a claim form by Fritz Cahn, Canada for compensation for property owned by the Cahn family in the city of Mönchen-Gladbach, 25 Feb 1947 and family documents including a photograph of the grave of Lotte Cahn, 1 Sep 1942-Jul 1983.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German and English

System of arrangement:

Original order

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by Sophie Cahn, Jul 1988.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Compensation | Administration of justice
Concentration camps | War crimes | Humanitarian law
Refugees | Migrants
Right to property | Civil and political rights | Human rights
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
Canada | North America
Mönchengladbach | Düsseldorf | North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany | Western Europe | Europe