Overview
- Description
- The John and Margot Loewenberg papers contain documents from the separate journeys of Margot Stern and John Loewenberg, prior to their marriage. The documents pertaining to Margot include a name and luggage tag from her travel aboard the Kindertransport, visa requests, and an identity card issued to her while she was living in England. The documents pertaining to John include personal correspondence and letters sent through the Red Cross, inquiries made towards his family and property after the war, two photographs, and a postcard of the ship he sailed on when he immigrated to the United States.
- Date
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inclusive:
1938-1947
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Margot Loewenberg
- Collection Creator
- Margot Loewenberg
John Loewenberg - Biography
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Margot Loewenberg was born in 1922 to Julius and Lily Stern in Frankfurt, Germany. She also had a younger brother named Werner. Her family managed a wholesale clothing store in downtown Frankfurt. As anti-Semitic laws began to take hold in Germany in the 1930s, the Hebrew schools which Margot attended were closed. She was sent to a children’s home in Cologne, where she learned child care. She stayed there until the Kristallnacht, where many nearby Jewish synagogues and businesses were destroyed. Margot was then sent back to her family in Frankfurt, where the Germans had confiscated Julius’ business. With not many options, Margot was accepted on a Kindertransport, and was sent by herself to Holland, and took a boat to London. Once in England, she helped acquire affidavits for her brother and parents. After the family had made it to England, they acquired visas for immigration to the United States, and set sail in March, 1940. It was while living in Chicago that Margot met her future husband John, and they were married after his return from deployment in the U.S. Army. Margot passed away in 2013.
John Loewenberg was born in 1912 to Hermann and Ella Loewenberg in Bielefeld, Germany. He had one sister named Edith. In 1941, John escaped Germany and sailed for America out of Portugal. After staying in Chicago, Illinois, he met his future wife Margot, and enlisted in the Army, where he served in the D-Day invasion of Normandy. When he returned from service in 1946, he learned that his sister Edith and brother-in-law Rudi were killed in the Poniatowa concentration camp, while his parents were killed in Auschwitz. He later married Margot and opened a candy store in Chicago. John passed away in 1992.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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6 folders
- System of Arrangement
- The John and Margot Loewenberg papers are arranged as a single series.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Jewish refugees--England. Jewish refugees--United States. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Children. Kindertransports (Rescue operations)--England. Unaccompanied refugee children--England. Holocaust survivors--Germany. Jews--Germany--Frankfurt am Main. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Geographic Name
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany) United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Cologne (Germany)
- Personal Name
- Loewenberg, John. Loewenberg, Margot. Loewenberg, Hermann. Loewenberg, Ella. Feder, Rudolf. Feder, Edith. Schlaupitz, Minny. Seelig, Hedwig. Straus, Emma. Stern, Julius. Stern, Lily. Stern, Werner.
- Corporate Name
- Poniatowa (Concentration camp) Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The John and Margot Loewenberg papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum through two separate donations in 1994 by Margot Loewenberg. These two donations were given different accession numbers: 1995.21 and 1995.A.0265. These papers have since been merged together, and can be located under one accession number: 1995.A.0265.
- Primary Number
- 1995.A.0265.1
- Record last modified:
- 2023-04-11 09:39:27
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Also in Margot Stern Loewenberg collection
Date: 1938
Identification tag
Object
Identification tag worn by Kindertransport child. Tag was given to Margot Stern in the United Kingdom with Kindertransport. Issued to Margot Stern, December 1938.
Luggage label used by a young girl on the Kindertransport
Object
Luggage label Issued to and used by Margot Stern in December 1938 for sue on the Kidertransport.