Loeb (Löb), Bella Levi, 1890-1960
Dates
- Existence: September 26, 1890 - August 24, 1960
Biography
Bella Levi (also spelled Levy or Levӱ) Loeb (also spelled Löb) was born in Germany on Sepember 26, 1890. She was the daughter of Heinrich Levi and Julchen Levi. She married Emil Loeb on May 1, 1912. In 1939, she escaped Nazi Germany with her husband and their son, Ernest. They arrived in the United States in 1940 and settled in Cleveland, Ohio with their older son, Frank, who had immigrated a year before. Bella died on August 24, 1960.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Box 1, circa 1890-1987
Box contains documents, letters, newspaper clippings, and photographs related to the Loeb family.
Box 2, 1881-1951
Box contains Ernest Loeb's Bronze Star Medal and Certificate, one (1) Loeb family scrapbook, three (3) framed photographs, one (1) 1947 diary, two (2) German ID cards, two (2) German passports, and one (1) passport cover.
Documents, Letters, Newsclippings, and Photographs
Series contains documents, letters, newsclippings, and photographs related to the Loeb Family.
Ernest Loeb Alternate Birth Certificate, 17 January, 1939
Letter from Walter Schuckman to Frank Loeb, November 14, 1938
Loeb Family Collection
Collection contains family documents and material objects related to the Loeb Family. Many of these items relate directly to the Holocaust and WWII. Important items include German passports and IDs, documents relating firsthand accounts of WWII and the Holocaust, photographs from before, during, and after the war, including photographs of Ernest Loeb as a US soldier in Germany, Ernest Loeb's Bronze Star Medal, scrapbooks, early German school report cards, and Jewish books of scripture.