Joseph Lowenstein collection

Identifier
irn84520
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.290.1
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn84520

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Edward and Ralph Lowenstein

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Edward and Ralph Lowenstein, grandsons of Joseph Lowenstein

Scope and Content

Contians correspondence from Joseph Lowenstein of Stelle, Germany, dated 1940-1941, to his child Max and grandchildren Rolfe and Kurt in the United States. Letters in German and one in English. Joseph was deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia and from there, purportedly to Auschwitz.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.