Alex Loewenthal papers
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Alex Loewenthal
Biographical History
On September 8, 1942 Alex Loewenthal was deported to Terezin and then to Treblinka where he later perished on September 29, 1942.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received these papers from Herbert Loewenthal, the grandson of Alex Lowenthal on August 30, 2001.
Scope and Content
Includes a fourteen-page document that deals with reparation claims by two of Alex Loewenthal's heirs, a series of letters written by Alex in Germany to his family in the United States during the war, a biographical sketch, a letter pertaining to assistance from the German Jewish Aid Committee, and another letter describing efforts to obtain a visa and steamship ticket to Cuba for Alex.
Subjects
- Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Letters.
- Document
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