Elfriede Löwenstein papers

Identifier
irn533061
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.542.1
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1966
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folders

5

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Elfriede Löwenstein (later Elfriede Löwenstein Gärtner, 1915-1994) was born in Flacht, Germany to Salomon and Berta (née Saalberg, b. April 11, 1884) Löwenstein. She had one sister, Irma (b. August 19, 1912). Elfriede later lived in Frankfurt, Germany and worked as a housemaid. In 1938, she booked passage on the S.S. Hamburg and immigrated to the United States. She settled in New York City and married Walter Gärtner (1918-2007). Her mother Berta and her sister Irma were both deported in 1942 and perished in the Holocaust.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Diana G. Levine This gift is made in memory of her mother, Elfriede Löwenstein Gartner

The Elfriede Löwenstein papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Diana G. Levine in 2016. Diana is the daughter of Elfriede Löwenstein.

Scope and Content

The collection primarily contains letters to Elfriede Löwenstein from her mother Berta Saalberg Löwenstein and her sister Irma Löwenstein in Frankfurt, Germany, 1938-1942. Also included is her German passport, a few immigration documents, letters to her father-in-law Leopold Gärtner; and a roster for Company M, 151st Infantry division of the United States Army with whom her husband Walter Gärtner served.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically as one series.

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This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.