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Letter from Łódź Ghetto

Title

Letter from Łódź Ghetto

Subject

Holocaust victims --Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Łódź (Poland)
Physicians
Loewenstein, Alice,--1894-1942 --Loewenstein, Georg,--1887-1942 --Loewenstein, Maria--(Marie Lilli Margarete),--1894-1982
Litzmannstadt Getto (Concentration camp)

Description

Letter from Georg and Alice Loewenstein when they were in the Łódź Ghetto, Poland to Marie Loewenstein in Berlin, Germany. Preprinted card with blanks that Georg and Alice have filled in so that the message reads, "Łódź Ghetto, the 16 II. 1942 [February 16, 1942], To Frau Marie Loewenstein, Berlin W. 30, Motz Strasse Nr. 22, Acknowledge receipt of a money order for, RM. 10, Dr. Georg & Alice Loewenstein, [illegible address]." Above their names are written Israel and Sara, names some Jews were forced to adopt by the Nazis.

Stamped on the back of the letter, "Reichsvereinigung der Juden, In Deutschland, Bln.-Charlottenburg, Kantstr. 153." Georg Loewenstein was the brother of Max Loewenstein. Georg and Alice Loewenstein were on the first transport to the Łódź Ghetto on October 18, 1942 and perished in the Łódź Ghetto.

Creator

Loewenstein, Georg,--1877-1942

Date

2/16/1942

Rights

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Format

1 __item __(letter)
Letters
Good __ __8 x 10 centimeters

Language

Document is in German. __ger

Type

Letters --Correspondence

Identifier

B333.03.0001.0003.00001
codu:58242