Arnold Loeb letter
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of William Simpson
William Simpson donated his father's letter to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012.
Scope and Content
Consists of one letter written in July 1934 by Arnold Loeb, of Vallendar, Germany, to J.L Simpson, of Veblen, South Dakota. In the letter, Mr. Loeb updates Mr. Simpson on his family's life since they last saw each other during the post-World War I American occupation of Germany, and describes how Nazi persecution has affected his family since they are Jewish. He describes his desire to emigrate from Germany to Palestine or to the United States. Arnold Loeb ultimately managed to flee Germany and settle in Australia.
Genre
- Letters.
- Document