Klaus G. Loewald Family Collection 1870-1991 bulk 1870-1964

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Klaus G. Loewald Family Collection 1870-1991 bulk 1870-1964

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This collection contains the family papers of the Loewald and Landshut families, notably personal and vital papersfrom before, during and after World War II which illustrate both the family's history and personal and professional lives. In particular, this collection amply documents the family'semigration in 1939, as well as a relative's internment in Theresienstadt, through legal documents and personal and official correspondence. There are also a large number of photographsillustrating Rosa Loewald's work as a nurse during World War I.

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Leo Baeck Institute.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6346680

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Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)

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On June 10, 1940, the Gestapo took control of Terezìn (Theresienstadt), a fortress, built in 1780-1790 in what is now the Czech Republic, and set up prison in the Small Fortress (Kleine Festung). By 24 November 1941, the Main Fortress (grosse Festung, ie the town Theresienstadt) was turned into a walled ghetto. The function of Theresienstadt was to provide a front for the extermination operation of Jews. To the outside it was presented by the Nazis as a model Jewish settlement, but in reality it...

Landshut family

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Zeta Beta Tau (Fraternity)

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Blume Metallbau

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Jewish Agency for Palestine

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Landshut, Alma, 1875-1949

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Nihon Yūsen Kabushiki Kaisha

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Loewald family

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Zentralstelle für Jüdische Auswanderung

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Loewald, Rosa, 1895-

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Loewald, Uyen, 1940-

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Loewald, Hans Georg, 1886-1952

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Loewald, Klaus G., 1920-

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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 t...