Bernhard KahnCollection 1901-1955

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Bernhard KahnCollection 1901-1955

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Bernhard Kahndedicated 50 years of his life to welfare activities in order to help distressedJews. Among others he worked for the Hilfsverein der deutschen Juden, the AmericanJewish Joint Distribution Comittee and the American Joint Reconstruction Foundation.The collection contains personal as well as professional correspondence, articleson Bernhard Kahn’s work and biography, lectures and speeches by him and a number ofofficial documents such as letters of consignment, citizenship papers andeducational and professional certificates.

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Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden (Germany)

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American Jewish joint distribution committee

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The American Joint Distribution Committee was founded on November 27, 1914 when the American Jewish Relief Committee (AJRC) and the Central Committee for the Relief of Jews (CCRJ) joined forces under the name of the Joint Distribution Committee of American Funds for the Relief of Jewish War Sufferers. Although JDC reflected the diversity of the American Jewish Community, the Reform-oriented American Jewish Committee faction dominated its early leadership. Conceived as a temporary agency to relie...

Kahn, Bernhard 1876-1955

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Berhard Kahn was born on April 9, 1876, in Oscarshamm, Sweden, as the son of Jacob and Jetta (Sandel) Kahn. He studied law and economics in the University of Wuerzburg where he received his LLD in 1899. After the pogrom in Kishineff (Kishinev) in 1903, Dr. Kahn joined the protest movement against the oppression of Jews and in 1904 became Secretary-General of the Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden . The following 50 years of his life he devoted to welfare and relief activiti...