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Heinz Loewy postcard

Document | Accession Number: 2005.164.1

The collection consists of a postcard received by Heinz Loewy (later Henry Long), who fled to Shanghai, China after surviving imprisonment in several German concentration camps from 1936-1939. The postcard was written by Siegmund "Israel" Meyersohn in Berlin, Germany and dated 17 April 1941.

Date
creation:  1941 April 17
Language
German
Genre/Form
Postcards.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Evelyn Goldstein Woods

About This Document

Document Creator
Heinz Loewy
Biography
Heinz Loewy (later Henry Fred Long, 1907-1971) was born on 10 May 1907 in Berlin, Germany. He worked as a musician. Heinz was arrested in 1936 and imprisoned in several concentration camps including Columbia, Lichtenburg, Dachau, and Buchenwald. He was released from Buchenwald on 4 January 1939. He fled to Shanghai, China and survived the Holocaust there. In 1947 Heinz immigrated to the United States aboard the SS Marine Adder. He married fellow survivor Herta Loschinski in 1951.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as a single series.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The postcard was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Evelyn Goldstein Woods, the daughter of the wife of Heinz Loewy.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2020-10-02 09:54:05
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