Correspondence with Cahn, Walter
Extent and Medium
5 letters
Biographical History
Walter Cahn (1886-1972) was a Jewish-German anti-Nazi resistance fighter. In the Weimar Republic the World War One veteran had joined the and got acquainted with Alfred Wiener. When the Nazis came to power he emigrated to the Netherlands. During the Second World War he became an active member of the Dutch resistance. W. Cahn was the brother of Ernst Cahn, the first person executed by the Nazis in the occupied Netherlands.
Scope and Content
Correspondence regarding a meeting during an upcoming trip of Alfred Wiener to the Netherlands in July 1955.
Conditions Governing Access
open
People
- Cahn, Wilhelm
Subjects
- Dutch
- Resistance
- Refugees
Places
- Netherlands
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