- During the National Socialism of the 30s William Kahn could no longer work in Germany because he was a Jew. Finally he was deported to the ghetto of Minsk where his traces went lost. It is assumed that he died there.
- As a screenwriter and producer he was active in 1928 for the last time for the production "Mädchen, hütet Euch" (28).
- The director and writer William Kahn began his artistic career as an author.
- William Kahn founded his own production company "William-Kahn-Film GmbH" in 1917 but his successful time in the film business diminished during the 20s.
- He was engaged as a screenwriter for the film business in 1912 and he wrote screenplays to the then popular adventures and detective movies in the next years. Among them also for the popular figure Joe Deebs, impersonated by Max Landa and his own created figure Rat Arnheim, impersonated by Carl Auen.
- He should not be confused with the American actor William ' Smitty ' Kahn ( 1882-1959 ) .
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