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.

Rosa Loewald, also known as Rosel or Rose, was born to Alma and Josef Landshut in Neumark, Westpreussen (now Nowy Targ, Poland), and served as a nurse in the first World War. She married Hans Georg Loewald in 1919.

Alma Landshut, née Rosenthal, was the mother Rosa Loewald and wife of Josef Landshut, who died in Berlin in 1941. After her husband's death, she was interned in Theresienstadt and survived. After being liberated, she returned to Berlin, and joined her family in the United States.

From the guide to the Klaus G. Loewald Family Collection, 1870-1991, bulk 1870-1964, (Leo Baeck Institute)