Loeb family collection

Identifier: irn736468
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn736468

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Evelyn Loeb.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of some identity documents and Loeb family photos, primarily featuring the donor's mother Ilse Loeb (nee Morgenstern), as well as Ilse's mother, Elivra Froelich Morgenstern's, lacework and handicraft, and a metal plate from her father's printing business.

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Loeb family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn737581
- English
- folders 2
- Updated 9 months ago
Consists primarily of prewar family photographs of the donor's mother, Ilse Loeb (1925-2019, nee Morgenstern) as well as some of the Loeb family's identity documents and affidavits. The papers capture their experiences in Vienna and then in the Netherlands, where Ilse was in hiding.
Metal plate from Max Morgenstern's printing business
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn737582
- English
- overall: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 2.630 inches (6.68 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
Metal plate from the donor's grandfather Max Morgenstern's lithographic printing business in Vienna. After the Anschluss, his business was confiscated.
Crochet lace piece created by Elvira Froelich Morgenstern
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn737583
- English
- overall: Height: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
Crochet lace piece created by the donor's grandmother Elvira Froelich Morgenstern (b. 1881) for her daughter, the donor's mother, Ilse Loeb (1925-2019, nee Morgenstern). The piece was given to Ilse when she left Vienna.
Embroidered piece with crochet border created by Elvira Froelich Morgenstern
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn737584
- English
- overall: Height: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
- Updated 9 months ago
Square piece of fabric with a scalloped crochet border that is possibly a handkerchief created by the donor's maternal grandmother Elvira Froelich Morgenstern (b. 1881) for her daughter Ilse Loeb (1925-2019, nee Morgenstern). The piece was given to Ilse when she left Vienna and is embroidered with her name.

Loeb family collection

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Loeb family papers

Metal plate from Max Morgenstern's printing business

Crochet lace piece created by Elvira Froelich Morgenstern

Embroidered piece with crochet border created by Elvira Froelich Morgenstern