Werner CohnCollection 1848-1980 bulk 1920-1975

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Werner CohnCollection 1848-1980 bulk 1920-1975

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The Werner CohnCollection contains papers of members of the Cohn and related families.Documentation especially focuses on the family's experiences during the 1930s-1940sand the compensation for their losses during this period. The collection encompassespersonal correspondence and papers, including official documents of family members,photographs, notes and notebooks, and a few newspaper clippings and other articles.About half the collection consists of restitution correspondence anddocumentation.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6346844

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Cohn, Else, 1895-1997

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f347bs (person)

Rosenbaum, Else, 1895-1997

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62m1mcd (person)

Cohn, James, 1886-1940

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bt41tw (person)

Riess, Ella, 1868-1945?

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60h8twm (person)

Cohn family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zn0wxx (family)

Cohn, Werner, 1926-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61g88kx (person)

Born in Berlin in 1926, Werner Cohn received his BSS in Sociology from City College (New York) in 1951. He completed his MA (1954) and PhD (1956) at the New School for Social Research. He joined the University of British Columbia's Department of Anthropology and Sociology in 1960 and remained there until taking early retirement in 1986. Cohn's research focused on the sociology of Jews and small political movements. In particular, Cohn developed an interest in researching Gypsies. He began his re...

Rosenbaum family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s04sbg (family)