Lowenstein family

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Application from the Compensation Office headed: "Application On the basis of the federal supplementary security for compensation for victims of national socialist persecution." Application goes along with the Notice of Compensations.

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One page handwritten letter in German script verifying employment of Karin Steinberg at Modesalon, a beauty salon.

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Miscellaneous photographs of the Lowenstein family members (both individual and group shots), including the family after they were reunited in Pennsylvania. A number of individual photos of Maria and a few photos unknown individuals also included. Three circa 1960s black and white negatives of small children, probably Maria's grandchildren.

Abstract Ernst Heinrich Loewenstein [Henry Lowenstein] was born in Berlin, Germany in 1925 to a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother. To escape Nazi brutality, he was sent on the Kindertransport to England in 1939. His parents, Dr. Max and Maria Loewenstein, and his half-sister, Karin Steinberg, remained in Berlin during World War II. Shortly after the war the family emigrated to the United States to avoid persecution. Materials in this collection include legal documents and correspondence,...

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Notice sheet for health insurance. Translation needed. Dated at the bottom 17.12.34.

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Notice sheet from the Compensation Office headed: "Notice for the justification and credibility of the claims harm to property and assets of the Berlin Compensation Act in conjunction with the Federal Government Act on Compensation for Victims of National Socialist Persecution". Probably directions or requirements for filling out the Application for compensation B333.01.0005.00012.

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Notice sheet from the Compensation Office headed: "Notice for the justification and credibility of the claims harm to property and assets of the Berlin Compensation Act in conjunction with the Federal Government Act on Compensation for Victims of National Socialist Persecution." Probably an updated version of B333.05.0001.0005.00010. Likely directions or requirements for filling out the Application for compensation B333.01.0005.00012.

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Folder contains stamp book pages with stamps primarily from Germany, but also from England and Russia. May have been collected by Henry as a child since a number of the stamps are from Germany..

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One typed letter on International Committee of the Red Cross Letterhead to Frau Marie Lowenstein (Henry's mother) providing an update on Henry. The letterhead is in French and type is in German. Letter states that Henry is doing well and that they were able to pass along the message that his grandmother had passed away.

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One typed letter on International Committee of the Red Cross Letterhead to Mademoiselle (Henry's mother) providing an update on Henry. The letterhead is in French and type is in French. Letter states that Henry is in good health and working on Church Farm in Whipsnade.