Löwenstein and Stern families collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn583790
• English
• folders oversize folder oversize box 7 1 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Documents and photographs regarding the experiences of Alfred Löwenstein and Lola Stern, both of whom separately fled Germany for Shanghai aboard the MN Victoria in 1939, survived the Holocaust in Shanghai, and later married in the United States. Also contains biographical information on their families, including the deaths of Alfred’s parents at Theresienstadt. Biographical materials of Alfred and Lola include German passports, employment references, identification cards, and documents related to immigration to the United States. There are documents related to Alfred’s parents, Siegmund an...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn625668
• English
• 1939-1947
• overall: Height: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Red document case used by Lola Stern (later Loy) and her family while emigrating from Germany in 1939 and Shanghai, China, in 1947. The case bears the name of a German insurance company and was likely acquired by Lola’s father, Hugo Stern, through his work as an insurance agent. After Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, Lola was expelled from her school for being Jewish. To learn some work skills, she moved away from her parents, Hugo and Käthe Stern, and younger sister, Lisa, in Nordhausen. On November 8, 1938, during Kristallnacht, Lola was living in Frankfurt am Main as ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn625670
• English
• a: Height: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm) | Width: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) b: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Black document case acquired and used by Julius Loewenstein (born Löwenstein) after immigrating to the United States following the end of World War II (1939-1945). The case was used to hold his US naturalization certificate and important insurance papers. After Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, many anti-Jewish laws severely restricted the daily lives of nineteen-year-old Julius, his parents, Siegmund and Sophie Löwenstein, and older brother, Alfred. Julius made his way to Switzerland as a refugee in August 1938. During the Kristallnacht pogrom in November 1938, Siegmund ...