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Schuckman, Walter (Walther)

 Person

Biography

Walter (also spelled Walther) Schuckman was a German Holocaust survivor that is associated with the Loeb family. He was involved in WWII in Holland. During the war, Walter took on a false identity to protect himself, and kept up the ruse for years. He was imprisoned by Nazi guards and spent six weeks in solitary confinement before being released due to intervention by relatives. Walter divorced his wife sometime between 1939 and 1945 because she had a child with another man. He moved to London after the war, received degrees in German as well as several other languages, and worked as a teacher and tutor for language. Corresponence between Walter and the Loeb family gives us Walter's firsthand accounts of the Holocaust and WWII.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

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