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Portrait of Louis Frankel grandfather of Henry Frankel.

Abstract Ernst Heinrich Loewenstein [Henry Lowenstein] was born in Berlin, Germany in 1925 to a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother. To escape Nazi brutality, he was sent on the Kindertransport to England in 1939. His parents, Dr. Max and Maria Loewenstein, and his half-sister, Karin Steinberg, remained in Berlin during World War II. Shortly after the war the family emigrated to the United States to avoid persecution. Materials in this collection include legal documents and correspondence,...

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Portrait of Mrs. Louis Frankel grandmother of Henry Frankel.

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An unedited video interview with Henry Lowenstein on three DVDs. A fourth DVD holds the MP4 copies of the interview.

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Telegram from Ingrid Lind Weddell to Henry Loewenstein before his departure from England to the United States. The message reads, "Henry Loewenstein Church Farm, Whipsnade DP., Good journey love to family, Ingrid." Post office stamp dated June 10, 1947, Dunstable, Beds, England. Delivery information printed by hand on the top of the telegram including date, June 12, 1947, and time, 5:30 p.m. Bath.

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Photographs of the Loewenstein family, relations, and friends before World War II and Heinrich Loewenstein's departure on the Kindertransport.

Abstract Documents and photographs from the Loewenstein family pre-World War II and Heinrich Loewenstein's [Henry Lowenstein] Kindertransport documents. File includes Levin Loewenstein's Prussian citizenship papers, registration card for emigration to the United States for Max, Marie, and Heinrich Loewenstein, photograph of Erna Eylenburg, Heinrich Loewenstein's identification papers from the Gestapo, a letter inviting Heinrich Loewenstein to come to England, receipt from Marie Loewenstein for...

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Radiogram from Henry Lowenstein to his family on the SS Marine Perch during their crossing to the United States. The message reads: "AONY DE GKV - RELAYED VIA ANBM, WHIPSNADE NR1 10 21 1253, STEINBERG SS MARINE PERCH/ GLV VIA ANBM, LOVE AND ALL THE BEST - HENRY."

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Born in Iola, Kansas, Raymond Carey (1901-1972) studied at Southwestern College (Kansas), Oxford University, and the University of Chicago. He was a professor of history at the University of Denver from 1945 to 1971, specializing in modern European history. This collection includes a copy of Carey's dissertation, materials from his classes, and French historical documents.