Cortell Family Collection 1806-2003

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Cortell Family Collection 1806-2003

http://findingaids.cjh.org/?pID=475870

This collection contains family trees, marriage records and passports from the 19th century and 1930s, as well as correspondence and several photographsdocumenting Jules Cortell's professional and philanthropic activities.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6346419

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Wolfson family

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Cortell family

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Upon their emigration to the United States, Julius and Margot Kochertaler changed their names to Jules and Margot Cortell . Before settling in the United States, they had fled the Nazi dictatorship for Paris . After the war, Cortell founded the Europacar tourist agency, which specialized in car tours. He also devoted considerable energy to philanthropy as a member of the American Jewish Committee . From the guide to the Cortell Family Collection, 1806-2003, (Leo Baeck Institute Archi...

Cortell, Jules

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Europacar

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American Jewish Committee

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Founded in 1906 to safeguard the rights of Jews and to alleviate the consequences of persecution or disaster affecting them at home or abroad. ...

Kocherthaler, Jules

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Cortell, Margot

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