Löbl family papers

Identifier
WL1944
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 72661
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Jan 1940
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

1 folder + 2 photos

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Robert Löbl was the son of Oskar (1893-1942) and Hella Löblova (1898-1942) whom Mrs Roan, a neighbour of the donor, met whilst the latter was on holiday in Czechoslovakia some time in the 1930s. When the situation for Czech Jews became increasingly intolerable after the Nazi annexation of the Sudetenland, Robert’s parents wrote to the donor’s parents, the Monnickendams, on the recommendation of Mrs Roan, asking if they could take Robert into their family home at Edgware, Middlesex. The Monnickendams duly obliged and Robert arrived by plane at Croydon, aged 14 years. He went to school and then later bakery school- the Monnickendams were bakers. He later joined the Czech army in Britain and was released in Prague after the war.
He married Stella Michelova and they had two children. They remained in Prague. 

Acquisition

Loebl papers

Donated 6.2.2014

Donor: Monnickendam, Philip

Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence from the parents of Robert Löbl concerned with his safe custody in the UK. Also contained are photographs of Robert and printouts of Pages of Testimony from Yad Vashem Shoah Victims’ Database. 

System of Arrangement

Chronological

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Places

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.