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Bella Levi Report Card, 1899-1904

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Identifier: B407.02.0003.00003
Abstract This item is Bella Levi Loeb's report card book. The book spans from Autumn 1899 to Spring 1904. The cover is brown and patterned, and the cover reads "Viktoria-Schule zu Darmstadt. B. Levye." [Victoria School of Darmstadt. B. Levi.]. The first page reads "Zeugnisheft fuer die Schuelerin der Victoriaschule: Bella Levye." [Report for the student of the Victoria School: Bella Levi.]. The next page has a list of "Zeugnispraedikate" which is the key or legend for the grading symbols used. The...
Dates: 1899-1904

Box 1, circa 1890-1987

 File — Box: B407.01.0001
Identifier: B407.01.0001
Abstract

Box contains documents, letters, newspaper clippings, and photographs related to the Loeb family.

Dates: circa 1890-1987

Box 2, 1881-1951

 File — Box: B407.02.0001
Identifier: B407.02.0002
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1881-1951

Box 3, 1899-1947

 File — Box: B407.02.0002
Identifier: B407.02.0002
Abstract

Box contains (1) Rosh Hashana Prayer book in Hebrew from 1827, (1) Holy Book of Scriptures in English from 1947, and (1) report card book belonging to Bella Levi Loeb from 1899-1904.

Dates: 1899-1947

Ernest Loeb Alternate Birth Certificate, 17 January, 1939

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Identifier: B407.01.0001.0010.00008
Abstract Document is an alternate birth certificate issued by the Darmstadt government. The document is titled "Geburtsurfunde", meaning birth certificate, although it was issued 15 years after he was born. The document lists Ernest Loeb's full name, birthday, father's name, mother's name, and the date (17 January 1939). It has a paper stamp that says "Stadt Darmstadt" (meaning "Darmstadt city"), "Gebuehr" (meaning "fee"), and a value of 0.60 Reichmarks. This physical stamp is stamped over in ink...
Dates: 17 January, 1939

Ernest Loeb Medical Certificate, 29 March, 1939

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Identifier: B407.01.0001.0010.00009
Abstract This document is a medical certificate for Ernest Loeb. At the top it reads "Aerztliches Zeugnis", meaning medical certificate. It then states in German "It is hereby certified that Mr. Ernst Israel Loeb, born 10 July 1924, resident of Darmstadt, [is] not suffering from contagious disease, mental illness, leprosy, elephantiasis, cancer, tuberculosis; is not blind or dumb, nor is still suffering from a long-term incapacity to work. [He] Is vaccinated against smallpox on: 29 March 1939....
Dates: 29 March, 1939

Framed Photo, circa 1922-circa 1927

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Identifier: B407.02.0002.00009
Abstract

This is a framed photograph of a child. The frame is thick and gold. The back of the frame has a sticker that reads "Jakob Koenig Kunsthandlung [art treatment] Einrahmungs-Geschaeft [created entirely in] Darmstadt Elisabethenstr.30 [Elisabethen Street 30]". The picture itself is in black and white, and shows a young child, probably Ernest Loeb, making the picture from the mid to late 1920s.

Dates: circa 1922-circa 1927

Frank and Ernest Loeb as Children, 1926-1930

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Identifier: B407.01.0001.0007.00003
Abstract Three photographs of Ernest and Frank Loeb as children. One shows both children riding a tricycle with their mother Bella. Another is a group portrait of elementary school age boys, one of which is holding a sign that reads "1930". In this picture Ernest Loeb is probably the last child on the right in the third row from the bottom, smiling behind the blonde boy in the striped shirt. Frank is probably the last child on the second row from the bottom, with his arms crossed. The other picture...
Dates: 1926-1930

German Passport - Ernest Loeb, 4 May 1939 - 27 December 1939

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Identifier: B407.02.0002.00004
Abstract This is the German passport of Ernest Karl Loeb, issued on May 4, 1939. On the front of the passport is "Deutsches Reich Reisepass" and the Nazi Germany eagle with a swastica. The front page of the passport has a red "J" stamped onto it. There are several ink stamps on the passport from the police headquarters ("Polizeidirektion") of Darmstadt, with the Nazi German eagle with a swastica. There are also several paper stamps, one worth two Reichsmarks, and one worth one Reichsmark. Both are...
Dates: 4 May 1939 - 27 December 1939

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

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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