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Loewenstein, Maria (Marie Lilli Margarete), 1894-1982

 Person

Biography

Marie [Maria] Lilli Margarete Bätge, b. Tallinn, m. Herr Steinberg, had one daughter, Karin M. Steinberg; then m. Dr. Max Israel Löwenstein (later Max Israel Loewenstein) in 1925; their son Ernst Heinrich Löwenstein (later Henry Lowenstein) b. July 4, 1925 was sent from Berlin to to England on the Kindertransport in 1939; the rest of the family emigrated to the United States in 1946, where they were joined by their son in 1947. __ __ __Her birth and baptismal certificate : B333.02.0001.0002.00007 (Marie Lilli Margarete Bätge, b. Reval, 1894 am 27 Marz am 1o Uhr morgens) Her certificate of marriage to Max Israel Loewenstein : B333.02.0001.0002.00009 (Marie Lilli Margarete Steinberg, m. 1925) Certificate of Identity : B333.06.0001.0006.00001.00001 (maiden name Marie Betge, b. Reval, Estonia, April 9, 1894) Her International Rescue and Relief Committee ID card, 1946 : B333.06.0001.0006.00008 (Maria Loewenstein) Lowenstein Family Holocaust Exhibit Booklet, 2009 : B333/07-0001.0007.00001 (Maria Loewenstein )

Found in 117 Collections and/or Records:

Sketchbook, circa 1955

 Item
Identifier: B333.08.0015.00009
Scope and Contents

Strathmore Alexis Drawing book with blue cover. On inside cover is written "The Coast of Maine". Book is filled with pencil drawings of boats, docks and street scenes.

Dates: circa 1955

Sketchbook, 1970 August

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Identifier: B333.08.0015.00010
Scope and Contents

Middlesex sketch book with "Trip to S. W. Colorado 1970" written in pencil across top of cover. Lower right hand corner has a Target price tag for 35 cents. The back of the sketch book has 17 pages of journal entries from the trip dated August 15-30. Book filled with pencil and marker sketches of people, buildings, landscapes and still-life’s.

Dates: 1970 August

Social Democratic Party Certificate of Membership, 1946 June 11

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Identifier: B333.05.0001.0005.00004
Abstract

Marie Loewenstein's Social Democratic Party, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands.--Kreis 11 Schöneberg/Friedenau, of Germany certificate of membership. Information on the card includes Marie's address, the date of her previous card, and the date of this current card.

Dates: 1946 June 11

Study for Prisoners, 1963

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Identifier: B333.08.0003.00006
Abstract Watercolor portrait of an inmate behind black prison bars; just the face, neck and tops of shoulders are visible. Face is very angular and done in an expressionist style. Inmate has blue field across forhead and down the subject's right side of face, red field behind figure and light tan color above forehead and along shoulders.Label affixed to back of frame from a 2013/2014 a Maria Lowenstein Restrospective at Niza Knoll Gallery states that this is an acrylic painting but it is...
Dates: 1963

"The Edge of Town", circa 1960

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Identifier: B333.08.0006.00001
Scope and Contents Box contains one acrylic painting by Maria Lowenstein, done while she was living in Denver. Painting is of buildings with a red three-story and a cream colored two-story building in the foreground with tops of buildings in the distance. Artist signature "Maria" in bottom left corner. The work is done is a cubist style using shades of blue, red and cream with black outlines. The paint is on a textured surface. Appears as though cheesecloth was stretched over surface before paint was applied....
Dates: circa 1960

"The Rabbi", circa 1960

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Identifier: B333.08.0005.00001
Scope and Contents

Charcoal sketch done by Maria Lowenstein. Sketch is of a Rabbi looking down towards his left hand in which he is holding something in palm up. The sketch is sparse but his yarmulke and tallit are recognizable. Sketch is in a thin gunmetal grey metal frame with light blue mat and covered in glass.

Dates: circa 1960

"Think we could strike a deal?", circa 1960

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Identifier: B333.08.0002.0001.00001
Abstract

Pencil sketch on tracing paper of a woman on a doorstep with a milk bottle in one hand and the outstretched holding money (presumably) toward the milkman. The milkman has a milk crate of bottles in each hand and his head is turned back toward the woman on the doorstep. The quotation at the bottom of the sketch states "Think we could strike a deal?"

Dates: circa 1960

Transcript of Dr. Arthur Ernst Bätge and Therese Sophie Agathe Berg's Marriage Certificate, 1933 September 12, 1886 August 25

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Identifier: B333.08.0008.0001.00002
Abstract

A transcribed copy of Dr. Arthur Ernst Bätge and Therese Sophie Agathe Berg's, Maria's parents, marriage certificate from the Estonian vital statistics archive. The copy was produced on September 12, 1933 in Tallin, Estonia. It is typed on a blank sheet of paper. This was one form produced by Maria's to the prove her non-Jewish heritage.

Dates: 1933 September 12; Event: 1886 August 25

Transcript of Marie Loewenstein's Birth and Baptismal Record, 1943 February 28

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Identifier: B333.02.0001.0002.00007
Abstract Transcript of Marie Loewenstein's birth and baptismal records extracted from the register of births and baptisms at Oleviste Kirik, St. Olav's Church, in Tallinn, Estonia. Information on this document includes Marie's birth date, baptismal date, location, and pastor, her parent's names and godparent's names. The document was issued and signed in Tallinn, Estonia, January 30, 1923 by Victor Speer Pastor of St. Olav. The document was stamped and accepted in Berlin by the Nazis as proof...
Dates: 1943 February 28

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