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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

Bronze Star Certificate, 21 May 1951

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Identifier: B407.02.0002.00001
Abstract

Certificate for Ernest K. Loeb for "meritorious achievement in ground operations against the enemy, European Theater of Operations during the Central Europe Campaign".

Dates: 21 May 1951

Bronze Star Medal, 21 May 1951

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Identifier: B407.02.0002.00002
Abstract

Bronze Star MEdal awarded for for "meritorious achievement in ground operations against the enemy, European Theater of Operations during the Central Europe Campaign".

Dates: 21 May 1951

Envelope Addressed from Ernest Loeb to Emil Loeb, 9 October 1945

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Identifier: B407.01.0001.0011.00009
Abstract

Envelope is brown and damaged. No corresponding letter was found with the envelope. There is a stamp in the upper left corner that reads "Air Mail 6 Cents United States of America" and has a picture of an airplane on it. The letter has been stamped in ink with "U.S. Army Postal Service 757 9 OCT 1945". The addresses are both typed on, not printed, and the word "airmail" is also typed on. This was sent from Ernest's U.S. mailbox in Germany, APO 757, while he was stationed in Germany.

Dates: 9 October 1945

Ernest Loeb Miscellaneous Papers, 1971-1972

 File
Identifier: B407.01.0001.0001
Abstract

Folder includes 3 obituary clippings about Ernest Loeb from September of 1972, and an August 1971 AMC booklet "New Faces in AMC" that includes a picture of Ernest Loeb.

Dates: 1971-1972

Ernest Loeb - US Army - WWII, circa 1944

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Identifier: B407.01.0001.0008.00001
Abstract

Photograph of Ernest Loeb and five other soldiers in uniform. Ernest is the man on the lower right, squatting. The back of the photograph reads "I'm ready to take a shit! (Don't send this picture home.)". Photograph is in black and white and was most likely taken around 1944.

Dates: circa 1944

Letter from Ernest Loeb to Bella and Emil Loeb, circa 1946

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Identifier: B407.01.0001.0011.00013
Abstract This is a letter from Ernest Loeb to his parents Bella and Emil Loeb, written from Germany while Ernest was still stationed there in WWII. Ernest discusses his job prospects after his enlistment is over. He is working on the "Warcrimes commision" in the "trials" which are presumably the Nuremburg Trials. Ernest says "I have personally spoken to Goering, Doenitz, Secretary's of state, Reinhardt, Meissner, Koerner, Kaeppler Bayrhoffer, Neuman and most important of all Schacht. They don't...
Dates: circa 1946

Letter from Ernest Loeb to Emil Loeb, 12 June 1945

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Identifier: B407.01.0001.0011.00001
Abstract This is a letter to Emil Loeb written by his son Ernest Loeb on June 12, 1945. The letter was written when Ernest was in Germany with the U.S. Army. The letter has an associated envelope, with Ernest's rank as a "T/5" [Technician fifth grade], Emil's address, a 6 cent stamp, and is stamped by the U.S. Army Postal Service at 10 AM on June 27, 1945. The letter is written via typewriter on U.S. Signal Corps stationary. In the letter, Ernest talks about pictures that were also enclosed with the...
Dates: 12 June 1945