George Lowy collection

Identifier
irn39624
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.501.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39624

Extent and Medium

folders

8

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of George Lowy

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by George Lowy in 2010.

Scope and Content

Contains correspondence from Camilla Arm (donor's maternal grandmother) in Czechoslovakia to her daughter Franciska and son-in-law Fritz [Bedrich] Loewy (donor's parents) in Palestine through Romania; Fritz, Franciska, and George Loewy immigrated to Palestine in 1938. Collection also includes correspondence from Ernst Arm (Franciska's older brother); dated 1939-1941; Camilla passed away in January 1941 in Czechoslovakia and Ernst fled to Sweden where he remained through the second World War.

Genre

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.