Löwenstein family collection

Identifier: irn533289
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Diana G. Levine, the daughter of Elfriede Löwenstein.

Scope and Content

The collection includes a passport issued to Elfriede Löwenstein (donor's mother), stamped with red letter "J"; dated August 19, 1938, and correspondence from Berta Saalberg Löwenstein (b. April 11, 1884) [Elfriede's mother] and Irma (b. August 19, 1912) [her sister] in Flacht and later in Frankfurt am Main. Both women were deported in 1942. Elfriede Löwenstein left Germany on November 24, 1938 for the US. The collection also includes a leather pouch in which Elfriede kept her family's letters and never showed them to her daughter. Diana found them years later.

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Elfriede Löwenstein papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn533061
- English
- 1938-1966
- folders 5
- Updated 7 months ago
The collection primarily contains letters to Elfriede Löwenstein from her mother Berta Saalberg Löwenstein and her sister Irma Löwenstein in Frankfurt, Germany, 1938-1942. Also included is her German passport, a few immigration documents, letters to her father-in-law Leopold Gärtner; and a roster for Company M, 151st Infantry division of the United States Army with whom her husband Walter Gärtner served.
Leather pouch
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn533290
- English
- overall: Height: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago

Löwenstein family collection

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Elfriede Löwenstein papers

Leather pouch