At the start of World War II, Marinus Leonard Kan was chairman of the Nederlandse Zionistenbond (NZB). He tried to continue the Zionist activities during the war, especially the cultural efforts. He initiated the establishment of the Jewish coordination commission run by Lodewijk Ernst Visser.
Marinus Leonard Kan was involved in the efforts to forge Palestine certificates.
//B. Braber, Zelfs als wij zullen verliezen. Joden in verzet en illegaliteit in Nederland 1940-1945 (Amsterdam, 1990) 164;
M.H. Gans, Memorboek. Platenatlas van het leven der joden in Nederland van de middeleeuwen tot 1940 (6e bijgewerkte druk; Baarn 1988);
L. Giebels, De zionistische beweging in Nederland 1899-1941, (Assen 1975) 206//
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