Jacobus Kann Explained

Jacobus Kann
Birth Date:1872 7, df=yes
Birth Place:The Hague
Death Place:Theresienstadt
Citizenship:Netherlands
Known For:Political Zionism
Education:Finance
Occupation:Banker, Diplomat (in 1923-27)
Spouse:Adriana Anna Polak Daniels

Jacobus Henricus Kann (The Hague, 12 July 1872 – Theresienstadt, 7 October 1944) was a Dutch Jewish banker and partner of the Lissa & Kann banking house. He was among the main leaders of the early Zionist Movement

Life and work

At the Seventh Zionist Congress (1905) Kann was elected to the Executive of the World Zionist Organization (known then as the "Smaller Actions Committee"), which at the Eighth Zionist Congress (1907) was reduced to three members, Kann, Wolffsohn, and Otto Warburg. He had very cordial and close relations with David Wolffsohn, who replaced Herzl as the Zionist leader - being Wolffsohn's personal friend and strongly supporting Wolffsohn in the often uphill struggle to prove himself a worthy successor to the charismatic Herzl. Hundreds of letters exchanged between Kann and Wolfson are preserved at the Central Zionist Archives in Jerusalem, testifying to the close and affectionate relations between them.[1]

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  1. Morderchai Eliav's biography of Wolffsohn - "David Wolffsohn, The Man and His Times - The Zionist Movement 1905-1914", published in 1977 jointly by Tel Aviv University and the World Zionist Organization - covers extensively also the life and work of Jacobus Kann, Wolffsohn's friend and associate.