Schuckman, Walter (Walther)

Person

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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 14 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, 2 March, 1946

Item

Identifier: B407.01.0001.0011.00012

Scope and Contents From the Series:

The series contains documents, letters, newsclippings, and photographs related to the Loeb Family. Documents include school report cards and official papers related to WWII and the Holocaust. Letters include correspondence almost exclusively relating to WWII and the Holocaust. Newsclippings are more recent and relate to Ernest, Ron, and Larry Loeb and their life in the US. Photographs include photos from before, during, and after WWII.

Dates: 2 March, 1946

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

Loeb Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: B407

Abstract

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.

Dates: 1827-1987

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Loeb Family Collection

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