Loewald, Klaus G., 1920-

Klaus Loewald was born in 1920 in Berlin. His parents were Hans Georg and Rosa Loewald. Loewald remained in Berlin until 1939, when he escaped to England under the sponsorship of the American government, although he had obtained papers for Palestinian emigration. In England he was in turn deported to Australia as an enemy alien and interned in a camp there from 1940-1942. Afterwards he served in the Australian army, and in 1946 he joined his immediate family in Chicago. He married twice, first to Kate Senior in 1953 and then to Do Thi Uyen Nhu in 1964. During this period, he also returned to Berlin to study and received his degree in history from the Freie Universität Berlin. He moved to Australia in 1970, where he taught at various universities.

Hans Georg Loewald was the son of Louis and Recha (née Perls) Loewald of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland). Louis was a cantor. The family name was also at times spelled Löwald. Hans Loewald worked first as a apprentice at a firm specializing in ornamental ironwork, but moved up the ladder, eventually becoming an executive officer and partner. Hans, Rosa, and Anneliese Loewald emigrated out of Germany in 1939, first to Sweden, then over Russia and Japan by ship to Canada, eventually settling in Chicago. Hans Loewald died in Chicago in 1952, having changed his name to George H. Loewald.

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