Overview
- Description
- Includes a fourteen-page document that deals with reparation claims by two of Alex Loewenthal's heirs, a series of letters written by Alex in Germany to his family in the United States during the war, a biographical sketch, a letter pertaining to assistance from the German Jewish Aid Committee, and another letter describing efforts to obtain a visa and steamship ticket to Cuba for Alex.
- Date
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inclusive:
1939-1961
- Collection Creator
- Alex Loewenthal
- Biography
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On September 8, 1942 Alex Loewenthal was deported to Terezin and then to Treblinka where he later perished on September 29, 1942.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Letters.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)
- Geographic Name
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received these papers from Herbert Loewenthal, the grandson of Alex Lowenthal on August 30, 2001.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-02-24 14:03:13
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn509057
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