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Loeb (Löb), Emil, 1881-1952

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 17 May 1881 - 21 April 1952

Biography

Emil Loeb (Löb) was born in Germany on May 17, 1881. He was the son of Ferdinand Löb and Rosina Löb. He married Bella Levi Loeb in Darmstadt on May 1, 1912. The couple had two children, Frank and Ernest Loeb. Emil owned a wholesale wool and cloth store in Darmstadt. He escaped from Nazi Germany with his wife and son, Ernest, in 1939 and arrived in the United States in 1940. He then settled in Cleveland, Ohio with his older son Frank who had immigrated a year before in 1938.

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Walter Schuckman to Frank Loeb, 16 September 1945

 Item
Identifier: B407.01.0001.0011.00007
Abstract This is a letter from Walter Schuckman to Frank Loeb, written on September 16, 1945 at the St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School in London, England. There is also an associated envelope that was stamped from London on September 17, 1945. Walter states: "I am not surprised you dont want to go back to Germany. On the contrary I consider everyone and in particular every Jew a fool who wants to return there again. I am certainly none of them. I hope I shall be able to stay on here now. I do not...
Dates: 16 September 1945
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B407, Loeb Family Collection / Documents, Letters, Newsclippings, and Photographs / Box 1 / Loeb Family Documents

Letter from Walter Schuckman to Frank Loeb, November 14, 1938

 Item
Identifier: B407.01.0001.0010.00007
Abstract This letter is addressed to Franz (Frank) Loeb, from Amsterdam on November 14th, 1938 from Walter (Schuckman). This is four days after Kristallnacht occur4ed. In the letter, Walter is relaying information about the Loeb family to Frank, who had immigrated to the United States months earlier. Walter tells Frank that the newspaper stories about Germany are not exaggerating, and don't tell the whole awful truth. Walter says, "I am ashamed to at least nominally belong to such a nation." He goes...
Dates: November 14, 1938
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B407, Loeb Family Collection / Documents, Letters, Newsclippings, and Photographs / Box 1 / Loeb Family Documents

Letter to Bella and Emil Loeb, October 1945

 Item
Identifier: B407.01.0001.0011.00008
Abstract

This is a letter written in Germany to Bella and Levi Loeb in October 1945 in Darmstadt, Germany. In the letter, the writer talks about Ernest Loeb visiting them. The writer then talks about their family. Their two sons have died in the war, but their daughter Margot is still alive. The writer says that Ernest is visiting again and that they have to go. A rough translation of the letter is available with the scan of the letter.

Dates: October 1945
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B407, Loeb Family Collection / Documents, Letters, Newsclippings, and Photographs / Box 1 / Loeb Family Documents

Loeb Family Documents, 1930-1939

 File
Identifier: B407.01.0001.0010
Abstract File contains 21 paper documents related to the Loeb family. This includes 13 documents of Ernest's school report cards/grades, 4 documents related to Ernest's vaccination and health history, Ernest's reprort card from 1930-1934, a postcard from Swizerland addressed to Ernest, an alternate birth certificate for Ernest issued in 1939 with a Nazi seal, a handwritten decorated note from Ernest, and a letter from Walter to Frank Loeb, detailing the events that occurred immediately after...
Dates: 1930-1939
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B407, Loeb Family Collection / Documents, Letters, Newsclippings, and Photographs / Box 1

Loeb Family Documents, 1945-1946

 File
Identifier: B407.01.0001.0011
Abstract

File contains letters sent back and forth between Ernest, Frank, and Emil Loeb, and their family friend Walter Schuckmann during 1945 and 1946.

Dates: 1945-1946
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B407, Loeb Family Collection / Documents, Letters, Newsclippings, and Photographs / Box 1

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