Elfriede Löwenstein papers
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Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Date
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inclusive:
1938-1966
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Diana G. Levine This gift is made in memory of her mother, Elfriede Löwenstein Gartner
- Collection Creator
- Elfriede Löwenstein
- Biography
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Elfriede Löwenstein (later Elfriede Löwenstein Gärtner, 1915-1994) was born in Flacht, Germany to Salomon and Berta (née Saalberg, b. April 11, 1884) Löwenstein. She had one sister, Irma (b. August 19, 1912). Elfriede later lived in Frankfurt, Germany and worked as a housemaid. In 1938, she booked passage on the S.S. Hamburg and immigrated to the United States. She settled in New York City and married Walter Gärtner (1918-2007). Her mother Berta and her sister Irma were both deported in 1942 and perished in the Holocaust.
Physical Details
- Extent
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5 folders
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is arranged alphabetically as one series.
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- Conditions on Access
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Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Elfriede Löwenstein papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Diana G. Levine in 2016. Diana is the daughter of Elfriede Löwenstein.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-11-07 10:46:37
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Also in Löwenstein family collection
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.
Leather pouch
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