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Title: Masha Loen Papers, 1915-1961
Predominant Dates:1930s -- 1940s
ID: RG-62/RG-62
Primary Creator: Loewenberg Family (1915 - 1960s)
Other Creators: Loen Family (1915 -- 1960s)
Extent: 2.0 Boxes
Subjects: Alfons Loewenberg, family member, Alfred Loewenberg, family member, Anya Loewenberg, family member, Apa Loewenberg, family member, Bad Gastein (Austria), Belgrade (Serbia), Belgrade (Yugoslavia), Birthday Greetings, postcards, Bled (Slovenia), Bled (Slovenia, Yugoslavia), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Europe: Country), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Yugoslavia: Province), Budapest (Hungary), Cernauti (Chernouitsi, Chernowitz), Cernauti (Romania), Clarie Loen, family member, Coelestine Loewenberg, family member, Cornelius Loewenberg, family member, Documents in German language, Documents in Hungarian language, Documents in Serbian language, Elisabeth Loen, family member, Ernest Loewenberg, family member, Family correspondence, Family correspondence, Loen family, Family correspondence, Loewenberg family, Family correspondence, postwar, Franciska Panajolovic, related to the Loen Family, Guadalajara (Mexico), Hvar (Croatia, Yugoslavia: Island), Hvar (Croatia: Island), Jezersko (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Jezersko (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia), Kranjska Gora (Slovenia), Kranjska Gora (Slovenia, Yugoslavia), Leon Loewenberg, family member, Loen Family, 1939 -- 1960s, Loewenberg Family, 1939-1945, Loewenberg Family, prewar correspondnece, Los Angeles (California, United States), Lowenberg Family, postwar correspondence, Marta Loewenberg, family member, Mexico (1910 -- 1945), Military correspondence, Narratives in German language, Narratives in Hungarian language, Narratives in Serbian language, Novi Sad (Serbia), Novi Sad (Yugoslavia), Otto Loewenberg, family member, Puci Loewenberg, family member, Slovenia (Europe: Country), Slovenia (Yugoslavia: Province), Topola (Yugoslavia), Vojvodina (Serbia), Vojvodina (Ujvidek), Vojvodina (Yugoslavia: Region), Yugoslavia (1918--1941), Yugoslavia (1945 -- 1960)
Languages: Hungarian, Serbian, Croatian, German, English, French
This Collection contains personal and offcial correspondences, official documents and photo-documents relatedd to the family history of Loewenbergs and Loens.
Documents are in Schtokavian (dialect of Serbia) or Hungarian, Croatian and German with one or two in English and French.
The Collection of Masha Loen Papers is conditionally divided into the following subcollections:
RG-62.01, correspondence between members of the Loewenberg Family (35)
Correspondence from Anya Loewenberg to Elizabeth Loen (9)
-and later correspondence between members of the Loen Family (8)
-miscellaneous documents in Serbian, Croatian and French (5)
-photos of the Loewenberg Family (48)
-miscellaneous photos, of people not in the Loewenberg family (9)
RG-62.01: Correspondence between the members of the Loewenberg Family in the course of December 1915- October 1954
RG-62.01.01: Postcard from Alfred Loewenberg in Czernowitz, Germany to a Loewenberg, however the first name is illegible.
Date: 10 October 1915
Language: probably Hungarian, indiscernible
RG-62.01.02: Field postcard to Ernest Loewenberg at an address in Hungary from an unidentifiable name
Date: 26 December 1915
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.01.03: Field postcard to Ernest “Ernӧke” Loewenberg at an address in Hungary from an illegible name but with a three digit coded field post number: 327. On the front there is a picture drawn in pencil of a man lying in a bunk with his things around him, all labeled, and he is whistling a tune.
Date: 16 April 1919
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.01.04: Three notes on one paper
Date: 12 May 1930
Language: Schtokavian/Hungarian and German
RG-62.01.04.01: Letter from Otto Loewenberg to “Anyuka” or Anya
Language: Schtokavian or Hungarian
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<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> RG-62.01.04.02: Note from Kounel (perhaps nickname for Cornelius) to his mother
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> Language: German.
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> Translation: “Dear Mom, Fredi is well-behaved and healthy. Today we had pigeon soup. I didn’t want to eat the meat, it was so black. The soup was fine. Kisses from Kounel.”
RG-62.01.04.03: Letter from “Apa”
Language: Schtokavian or Hungarian.
RG- 62.01.05: Postcard from Otto to Anya in care of Irene Schoenberger
Date: 1931
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.01.06: Postcard to Leon Loewenberg in Novi Sad from an indiscernible name in Breslau (formerly part of Germany’s control).
Date: 6 May 1934
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.01.07: Correspondence between Ernest/Puci and Otto Loewenberg from May 1937- July 1940
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> RG-62.01.07.01: Postcard to Ernest with an address in Vienna from Otto and Cornelius in Novi Sad
Date: 1 May 1937
Language: Hungarian/Schtokavian
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> RG-62.01.07.02: Postcard to Otto and Cornelius in Novi Sad from Puci in Nice, France.
Date: 19 May 1937
Language: Hungarian
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> RG-62.01.07.03: Postcard to Ernest at an address in Novi Sad from Otto when he was in Badgastein
Date: 17 August 1937
Language: Hungarian
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> RG-62.01.07.04: Postcard to Ernest at an address in New York City in care of Roth Georges from Otto (“Ottoka”). The postcard is a picture of a bridge in Belgrade.
Date: 10 November 1938
Language: Hungarian
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> RG-62.01.07.05: Postcard to Otto and Cornelius in Novi Sad from Puci and perhaps Ernest in New Mexico. The postcard mentions Texas and Arizona as well as if they took a trip through the States
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> Date: 27 March 1939
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> Language: Hungarian
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> RG-62.01.07.06: Letter to Puci and Ernest without envelope first from Otto and followed by an attached letter from Cornelius
Date: 2 February 1940
Language: Schtokavian/Hungarian
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<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> RG-62.01.07.07: Letter to Puci and Ernest “Ernӧ” Loewenberg from Otto when he was in Belgrade.
Date: 27 February 1940
Language: Hungarian/Schtokavian
RG-62.01.07.08: Letter 2 to Puci and Ernest from Otto when he was in Belgrade.
Date: 6 March 1940
Language: Hungarian/Schtokavian
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> RG-62.01.07.09: Letter to “Senor Ernesto” Loewenberg and Puci at an address in Mexico from Otto in Novi Sad.
Date: 30 March 1940
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.01.07.10: Letter to Puci and Ernest from Otto in Novi Sad, no envelope
Date: 31 March 1940
Language: Hungarian
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> RG-62.01.07.11: Postcard to Ernest in Mexico from Otto somewhere in the former Yugoslavia. (May also be signed from Apa with a note)
Date: 26 April 1940
Language: Hungarian
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> RG-62.01.07.12: Postcard to Ernest Loewenberg in Mexico from Otto and Apa in Novi Sad
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> Date: 4 June 1940
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> Language: Hungarian
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RG-62.01.07.13: Envelope without a letter to Ernest in Mexico from an address in Novi Sad.
Date: 27 June 1940
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> RG-62.01.07.14: Postcard to Puci and Ernest in Los Angeles at the Hotel Olimpia from Otto and Apa in Novi Sad
Date: 18 July 1940
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.01.08: Postcard to Otto Loewenberg in Jezerski from unknown in Badgastein, Austria
Date: 30 July 1937
Language: Hungarian (or French?)
RG-62.01.09: Postcard to Cölestine Loewenberg in Novi Sad from Apa and Otto in Bled, Slovenia.
Date: 20 August 1937
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.01.10: Postcard to Otto in Novi Sad from an indiscernible name in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
Date: 21 August 1937
Language: Hungarian/ Schtokavian
RG-62.01.11: Postcard to Steven Gusek from Otto and Cornelius when he was in Jezerski, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Date: 28 August 1937
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.01.12: Postcard to Leon Loewenberg in Novi Sad from Puci in Hvar (Croatian island in the Adriatic near Dalmatia)
Date: 15 July 1938
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.01.13: Postcard to Alfred (and Marta) Loewenberg in Novi Sad from Puci while she was in France.
Date: 28 October 1938
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.01.14: Postcard to Leon Loewenberg in Novi Sad from Puci in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Date: 11 August 1939
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.01.15: Letters from Anya and Apa to Ernest and Puci between February 1940 and May 1947
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> RG-62.01.15.01: Letter to Puci and Ernest from Anya and Apa, no envelope
Date: 4 February 1940?
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.01.15.02: Letter to Puci and Ernest perhaps from Apa, no envelope
Date, 21 April 1940
Language: Hungarian
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> RG-62.01.15.03: Letter to Puci “Pucikam” and Ernest first from Anya and followed by a letter from Apa when they were in Budapest
Date: 5 May 1947
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.01.16: Postcard to Leon in Novi Sad from Otto in Belgrade
Date: 27 November 1940
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.01.17: Postcard to Otto and Cornelius in Novi Sad from Martha in Maribor, Slovenia
Date: 27 December 1940
Language: Hungarian/Schtokavian
RG-62.01.18: Postcard to a Loewenberg with an illegible first name, perhaps “Lajos” and from an unknown.
Undated
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.01.19: Postcard to Leon in Novi Sad from Puci and Ernest in Milan, Italy
Undated
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.01.20: Letter without an envelope. There does not seem to be an addressee anywhere nor an addresser.
Date: 10 April, no year
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.02: Correspondence from Anya Loewenberg to Elizabeth F. Loen. From April 1948 to May 1949
RG-62.02.01: Letter to Elizabeth F. Loen in Burbank, California. It is not clear who the letter is from, but the handwriting matches Anya’s. Four pages.
Date: 18 April 1948
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.02.02: Letter to Elizabeth F. Loen in Burbank California from Anya and Puci in Novi Sad. The letter is in pieces and it is not clear where it begins and ends. There are only two clear sections: one from Anya and the other from Puci.
Date: 12 December 1948
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.02.03: Letter to Elizabeth in Burbank from Anya in Novi Sad.
Date: 23 March 1949
Language: Hungarian/Schtokavian
RG-62.02.04: Letter to Elizabeth in Burbank California from Anya in Novi Sad.
Date: 26 April 1949
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.02.05: Brief letter to Elizabeth from Anya both at their same addresses. Two pages.
Date: 5 May 1949
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.02.06: Short Letter to Elizabeth in Burbank from Anya in Novi Sad. One and a half pages.
Date: 7 May 1949
Language: Schtokavian/Hungarian
RG-62.02.07: Letter to Elizabeth from Anya and “Omama.” Two and a half pages.
Date, 20 May 1949
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.02.08: Letter to Elizabeth from Anya and another indistinguishable name. Four pages.
Date: 16 March?
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.02.09: Letter to Elizabeth in Burbank from Anya in Novi Sad.
Date: 9 May?
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.03: Later correspondence more specifically between members of the Loen Family. From April 1950 to June 1961.
RG-62.03.01: Postcard to Claire Loen with no address except Burbank. It has notes from several people: Omama, Maria Gussek and another illegible name.
Date: 15 April 1950
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.03.02: Postcard to Claire Loen in Burbank from Omama in Novi Sad.
Date: 15 April 1950
Language: German
Translation: Dear little Claire! Lots and lots of happiness and health to you on your 7th birthday. Affectionately from your great grandmother.”
RG-62.03.03: Letter to Puci from Omama, but addressed to Elizabeth Loen in Burbank, California. Return address is in Novi Sad.
Date: 20 April 1951 is the date on the envelope. 16 June? On the heading of the letter.
Language: German
Translation: “Dear Puci, Today I received your parcel. It arrived perfectly neat! It had not been opened and I am so thankful for what was inside because of the inflation! It is terrible to not recognize the fantastic from what it should be.
Dearest Puci! You must certainly be better off in this wide world. It seems to be Wednesday, the 30th of March… [She starts to describe a person with her and that he has very bad days. They read a mass for him and someone else. They lay together and don’t know what is happening.]
The good thing is that they had a bouquet of red roses to lay on top of the grave, or else I won’t go. I go alone. That is terrible that no person from the family goes, like an abandoned person, who is not consistent, he comes and goes.
It seems like lately we have had a lot of heat! But there has also been a little rain. Or else it would be like a drought here and the inflation would become even worse. What are you guys up to? _____ must certainly have a vacation. [She talks about how they must write to each other often, always.]
All of you stay health! I am also healthy at the moment. [Something about something not being proper.]
Greetings and kisses to you all! – Omama”
RG-62.03.04: Postcard to E.L. Loen (Puci, Ernest and Claire) in Burbank, California from Omama.
Date: 31 October 1954
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.03.05: Postcard to Claire Loen from her aunt Irene and uncle “Isiga.” The note reads: “Dear Claire, Happy birthday! Many kisses in love, you Aunt Irene and uncle Isiga.”
Date: 25 April 1955
Language: English
RG-62.03.06: Letter to Puci from her grandmother.
Date: 6 May?
Language: German
Translation: “Dear Puci, I got your letter today on May 6th and I am answering right away. The package has not come or else I would have written you when you send it. “Nada” or “Vada” stayed with me for two days. She did not receive any vacation time or else she would have stayed longer, it is very hard because she so seldom comes. It is difficult for me to get away. It is hard to be alone, what should I do, “Loewe?” is already a big girl, who has her own big girls.
Dearest Puci, the “Vorli” is not serving. He gives us money but it is always too little, “Andov” looks so bad. He should be getting better and he keeps being prescribed [medicine], he is so weak like an old man. “Lani” trusts himself with another and he earns enough because he has a job and “Andov” is with his family in Serbia. They have four kids and poor _____ wants to return to Novi Sad, back to “Andov.” That is enough of that! If you have a picture of ______, give me one so that I have a friend and one of you also. It is such a long time…to see you’re gone. When you have no money and are so poor, you borrow once and then it can’t be any different.
I don’t inquire about Erno because he sends nothing, but you can still send me things! My life is very difficult and not material. Everything is good enough but what is not enough are the remaining things, the house ____should be sold. It will take everything away from me. Everything that we built there will be dead and others will come and take it and get nothing from it. I can’t ______ because it is very far and to whom would I sent it. It is hard for me to believe….and one can’t fundamentally separate the one from the other but that is the great worry of us all. I don’t want you to always write that I bear my losses. “One bears his losses” is not everything when one can live and eat but has so many worries. I am so skinny I look like the stalk of a weed, but that is like everyone.
Dearest Puci, don’t be angry with me that I must write you everything. You should also hear from ______. So until next time. I have no one, on whom I can rely…
Dearest Puci… [the end has no real closure]”
RG-62.03.07: Postcard to Leon Loen in Los Angeles from someone in Canada.
Date: 5 June 1961
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.03.08: Letter to Puci from Anya and Irene.
Undated
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.04: Miscellaneous documents
RG-62.04.01: Certificate for driver’s license for “Tayc Tawcabema.” It lists the four different types of licenses and was received in Novi Sad.
Date: 22 May 1935
Language: Dialect of Serbia or Hungary, written in Cyrillic
RG-62.04.02: Letter of solidarity from the front. Addressed to no one in particular.
Date: 3 November 1938
Language: French
Translation: I am sending my turn. Copy this letter three times and send to the person for whom you want happiness. This chain was started in the front by a young couple of soldiers. It must go around the world. If you do not stop the chain, you will be happy. The message will be realized. You can pass it from hand to hand, or send it by mail within 48 hours. Something will happen! You must not destroy or keep the letter. This chain started on 3. November 1939 from the front.”
RG-62.04.03: Two copies of a baptismal certificate for “Ernebet Franciska?” It lists the parents’ names, the priest presiding etc.
Date: 16 March 1939
Language: Hungarian
RG-62.04.04: Document concerning the same person as the driver’s license certificate, Tayc. I believe that it essentially declares him a good and moral citizen while living in Novi Sad since 1918.
Date: 16 May 1939
Language: Dialect of Serbia or Hungary, written in Cyrillic
RG-62.04.05: Hungarian Red Cross form from Adele Gausz to Ernest Loewenberg in Burbank. It includes the message: We got the telegram of the 28 June with great joy, and wish to you and to the little one good luck. Are healthy. Kisses. –Anya, Omama.”
Date: Form date: 17 September 1943, Stamp date of American Red Cross inquiry, December 1943 and 18 February 1944
Language: Form: French, German and Hungarian, Note: English
RG-62.04.06: Hungarian Red Cross form from Leo L. Loewenberg to Ernest Loewenberg in Burbank. It states his address in Hungary and includes the message: “Since December without any messages. In October Cornelius will be in Püspökladány [town in Hungary] which is near Debrecen. Otto got the package with the winter clothing. Both are healthy and confident. Kisses. – Mama, Apa, Cornelius” There is also another note paper-clipped to the form that says: “Today Otto’s 24th birthday already. We are all very well and anticipate no important changes for the near future. Many kisses.”
Date: Form date: 30 September 1943, Stamp date of American Red Cross inquiry unit: December 1943 and 18 February 1944
Language: Form: French, German and Hungarian. Note: German and English
RG-62.04.07: Note from Ernest. “All three of us are healthy. Claire is developing without one day of sickness which is possible through this perfect climate. Many kisses –Ernest”
Undated
Language: English
RG-62.05: Photographs of the Loewenberg Family between 1916 and 1960
RG-62.05.01: Photo of Anya and her oldest son, Lacika, and four other women including Irѐn
Date: 1916
RG-61.05.02: Jenӧ and Lacika (the oldest brother)
Date: around 1917
RG-62.05.03: Photos of Apa
RG-62.05.03.01: Photo of Apa torn off from a larger piece of paper
Undated
RG-62.05.03.02: Photo of Apa stamped with a seal (perhaps from a passport)
Undated
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> RG-62.05.03.03: Photo of Apa asleep on a couch with a newspaper. He appears to be in his 50s.
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> Undated
RG-62.05.04: Large group picture of Marta, Ernest, Maea, Cornelius, Anya and Otto in “Giado”, Italy
Date: around 1925
RG-62.05.05: Photo of 5-Year-Old Otto with neighborhood children. Their bikes are decorated with flowers. Caption: “bicikli bajnoka”: cycling champion
Date: 1925
RG-62.05.06: Photo of Otto in Jüdische Schule (Jewish School) with his classmates and teacher
Date: around 1928
RG-62.05.07: Otto Portraits in order of approximated age
RG-62.05.07.01: Otto age 8
Date: 1 August 1928
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> RG-62.05.07.02: Otto at approximately age 13 stamped with a seal perhaps from a passport
Undated
RG-62.05.07.03: Otto at approximately age 16 also stamped with a seal
Undated
RG-62.05.07.04: Otto age 20
Date: June 1940
<p style="margin-left:.5in;"> RG-62.05.07.05: Otto standing on a cliff or lookout point by the ocean. He appears to be in his 20s.
Undated
RG-62.05.07.06: Otto age 23 in his military garb standing in a garden
Date: 12 July 1943
RG-62.05.08: Portrait of Frѐdi as baby
Date: 20 February 1931
RG-62.05.09: Ernest Loewenberg and group on a wagon
Date: 22 April 1934
RG-62.05.10: Photo of Alfred and Apa Loewenberg (on the far right) sitting outside at a picnic table with two other men not labeled
Date: September 1934
RG-62.05.11: Family group photo in a meadow or countryside. Cornelius, Vera, Margret, Grandmother and Otto are present in the picture. Otto appears to be around 17.
Undated
RG-62.05.12: Photo of Anya and Vera in their bathing suits in a placed called “Pahorzie”
Date: July 1935
RG-62.05.13: Photo of Otto and Cornelius in their bathing suits by the ocean in Dalmatia. Otto is 17.
Date: 1937
RG-62.05.14: Photo of Vera, Otto and Marta in the countryside wearing hiking or picnicking clothing. Otto is 17.
Date: July 1937
RG-62.05.15: Photo of Ernӧ and Alfred and another man unlabeled in a courtyard.
Date: 6 October 1937
RG-62.05.16: Photo of Apa and Otto in Bad Gastein, Austria in front of a waterfall. Otto is 17.
Date: August 1937
RG-62.05.17: Group family picture of Bѐla, Macanѐni, Anya, Vera, Marta, Iritz Maudi, Cornelius and Otto in Dalmatia. Otto is 18.
Date: 17 July 1938
RG-62.05.18: Group photo on a small boat in a harbor including Cornelius, Otto, Marta, Alfred and Oskar. Circa Summer 1938 and probably the same trip to Dalmatia.
Undated
RG-62.05.19: Group photo on a sailboat in a harbor including Oskar, Marta, Cornelius, Otto and Alfred. Circa Summer 1938 and again probably in Dalmatia.
Undated
RG-62.05.20: Group photo in Dalmatia including Otto, Marta, Cornelius and Oskar. They are sun bathing. Circa Summer 1938
Undated
RG-62.05.21: Group photo in Dalmatia including Otto, Cornelius, Oskar and Alfred. They are sunbathing by the beach. Circa Summer 1938
Undated
RG-62.05.22: Otto and Fisher Gyuszi in Belgrade, Serbia walking down the street in suits. Otto is 18.
Date: December 1938
RG-62.05.23: Group family photo on a hill in Toplice, Slovenia. It includes Maca Neni, Cornelius, Anya, Otto and Apa.
Date: 1939
RG-62.05.24: Group family photo in Dubrovnik, Croatia. It includes Oskar, Apa, Cornelius, Marta and Otto.
Date: 1939
RG-62.05.25: Same place, time and people as last entry but it is a second shot and more of them are smiling.
Date: 1939
RG-62.05.26: Photo of Oskar, Cornelius and Alfred in Dubrovnik, Croatia walking up stairs by the ocean.
Date: April 1939
RG-62.05.27: Otto and Cornelius walk down a path together, both dressed in suits.
Date: 1939
RG-62.05.28: Otto, Oskar and Cornelius are standing on a cliff together all dressed in suits. They are either travelling to or from Budapest.
Undated
RG-62.05.29: Otto and Iritz Maudi walk down a street in Belgrade, Serbia. Otto is 19.
Date: April 1939
RG-62.05.30: Photo of Otto sitting with his car on the road. Otto is 19.
Date: 11 April 1939
RG-62.05.31: Otto and a girl sit by a pool or lounge deck together, looking at one another and smiling.
Undated
RG-62.05.32: Anya, Apa Iren, Anya and Fredi’s mother, Anuska, are sitting around a table. The women are playing cards while Apa writes letters.
Date: September 1939
RG-62.05.33: Anya and Iren stand by a harbor together.
Date: August 1940
RG-62.05.34: Otto and Apa sit on a bench together in a park. The photo was developed in Zeljeznica, Serbia and Montenegro.
Date: 1941
RG-62.05.35: Otto is standing with his regiment. They are all smiling and wearing armbands to identify them as Jewish. The back reads: “Otto going into a slave labor camp.” He is 21.
Date: 1941
RG-62.05.36: Otto posing with his regiment in Kiskunhalas, Hungary before going to Bor, Serbia.
Date: 19 October 1941
RG-62.05.37: Otto with many soldiers and some family members including Anya. The caption reads that Otto is about to leave for Bor, Serbia.
Undated
RG-62.05.38: Photo of mostly men dressed in tattered military garb in a disorganized room. There are a few women scattered about as well.
Undated
RG-62.05.39: Otto, Apa and Anya with two other men, one of whom is dressed as a soldier like Otto. They are sitting in a cornfield on wooden boxes. This is before Otto leaves for Bor, Serbia once again.
Date: 12 July 1943
RG-62.05.40: Photo of Arauka and Cornelius playing in the snow. The name of the place is illegible but there is a stamp on the back that reads “military censorship.”
Undated
RG-62.05.41: Fredi is standing in front of a giant waterfall in Veu da Noiva, Madeira.
Date: 1959
RG-62.06 Miscellaneous Photos
RG-62.06.01: Photo of Aliska, Otto’s girlfriend. It was taken a year before she was killed in 1942 in Novi Sad, perhaps in the raids in 1941.
RG-62.06.02: Masha at the Altau See in Austria. She is standing by some cabins. The back has a “military censorship” stamp.
Date: May 1947
RG-62.06.03: Masha is on a boat or a ferry. The place name is illegible on the back of the photo.
Date: 22 March 1948
RG-62.06.04: Photo of four children in coats and hats standing by a wall in Budapest. Their names are probably Robi, Gyrou, Evi and Judit.
Date: 1 November 1948
RG-62.06.05: Picture of a couple just married in the back of a car with a bouquet of flowers. The man’s name is Josef.
Date: 1 June 1953
RG-62.06.06: Photo of a little girl. The caption says that she is Margit’s daughter.
Undated
RG-62.06.07: Portrait of a young man. The caption says that he is Margit’s son.
Date: December 1960
RG-62.06.08: Photo of a street/neighborhood in Novi Sad.
Undated
RG-62.06.09: Aerial view of a palace, it does not say where or when.
Undated
RG-62.06.10: Interview with Masha Loen
Conducted by: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Dated: May 11, 1990
2 CDs, USHMM # RG 50.030.0138
Alfons Loewenberg, family member
Alfred Loewenberg, family member
Anya Loewenberg, family member
Apa Loewenberg, family member
Bad Gastein (Austria)
Belgrade (Serbia)
Belgrade (Yugoslavia)
Birthday Greetings, postcards
Bled (Slovenia)
Bled (Slovenia, Yugoslavia)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Europe: Country)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Yugoslavia: Province)
Budapest (Hungary)
Cernauti (Chernouitsi, Chernowitz)
Cernauti (Romania)
Clarie Loen, family member
Coelestine Loewenberg, family member
Cornelius Loewenberg, family member
Documents in German language
Documents in Hungarian language
Documents in Serbian language
Elisabeth Loen, family member
Ernest Loewenberg, family member
Family correspondence
Family correspondence, Loen family
Family correspondence, Loewenberg family
Family correspondence, postwar
Franciska Panajolovic, related to the Loen Family
Guadalajara (Mexico)
Hvar (Croatia, Yugoslavia: Island)
Hvar (Croatia: Island)
Jezersko (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Jezersko (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia)
Kranjska Gora (Slovenia)
Kranjska Gora (Slovenia, Yugoslavia)
Leon Loewenberg, family member
Loen Family, 1939 -- 1960s
Loewenberg Family, 1939-1945
Loewenberg Family, prewar correspondnece
Los Angeles (California, United States)
Lowenberg Family, postwar correspondence
Marta Loewenberg, family member
Mexico (1910 -- 1945)
Military correspondence
Narratives in German language
Narratives in Hungarian language
Narratives in Serbian language
Novi Sad (Serbia)
Novi Sad (Yugoslavia)
Otto Loewenberg, family member
Puci Loewenberg, family member
Slovenia (Europe: Country)
Slovenia (Yugoslavia: Province)
Topola (Yugoslavia)
Vojvodina (Serbia)
Vojvodina (Ujvidek)
Vojvodina (Yugoslavia: Region)
Yugoslavia (1918--1941)
Yugoslavia (1945 -- 1960)
This document is written correspondence from a family member or friend in Novi Sad, former Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia), to Elizabeth Loen in Burbank, California, USA. The letter is in either in Shtokavian or Hungarian language.
Post-WWII, dated 12 December, 1948
This document is written correspondence between family members, from Anya Loewenberg to Elisabeth Loen. Anya's letter originated in Novi Sad, former Yugoslavia, to Elisabeth in Burbank, Los Angeles, California.
Postwar, March 23, 1949.
This document is postwar correspondence between family members Anya Loewenberg, located in Novi Sad (former Yugoslavia), and Elisabeth Loen, located in Burbank, California. The letter originated in Novi Sad, and was written by Anya.
Postwar, April 29, 1949
This document is postwar family correspondence between members of the Loen/Loewenberg family. The letter originated from Novi Sad where Anya Loewenberg wrote the letter, and was sent to Elisabeth Loen's home in Burbank, Los Angeles, California.
Postwar family correspondence, Loen Family, 7 May, 1949.
This letter is postwar correspondence between members of the Loen/Loewenberg family. The letter originated in Novi Sad (former Yugoslavia) at Anya Loewenberg's residence, and sent to Burbank, California (Elisabeth Loen's residence).
Postwar correspondence, Loen family, 20 May, 1949
This letter is postwar correspondence between members of the Loen/Loewenberg family. The letter originated in Novi Sad and was written by Anya Loewenberg in Novi Sad (former Yugoslavia), to Elisabeth Loen in Burbank, California.
Postwar family correspondence, Loen/Loewenberg family, ca. 1949.
This letter is postwar correspondence between members of the Loen/Loewenberg family. The letter originated in Novi Sad and was written by Anya Loewenberg in Novi Sad (former Yugoslavia), to Elisabeth Loen in Burbank, California.
Postwar family correspondence, Loen/Loewenberg family, ca. 1949.
This postcard was written by Alfred Loewenberg during his stay in Cernauti (Czernowitz), Ukraine, written to Lajos Loewenberg, presumably a family member of Albert's.
The postcard image is of the Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans.
dated 10 October, 1915.
This postcard is written by Alfons Loewenberg to family member Ernest Loewenberg via Military field mail. Alfons Loewenberg was a member of the Horse Artillery for the Austro-Hungarian Army. The postcard originated in Austria and has words printed in German, although the handwriting is in Hungarian.
dated 26 December, 1915
This document is a postcard sent by an illegibly named military man via military field mail, to Ernest Loewenberg in Ujvidek (Vojvodina), Ukraine. The handwriting is written in Hungarian.
interwar era, dated 16 April, 1919.
This letter originated in Novi Sad (former Yugoslavia), written in both German and Hungarian by Cornelius Loewenberg. Cornelius wrote to his mother, Anjuka (Anya) Loewenberg, to an illegible location.
The letter begins with "Dear Mom, Fredi is in good health." Presumably, Fredi is Alfred Loewenberg.
Prewar family correspondence, 12 May, 1930
This letter was written by Otto Loewenberg in Yugoslavia, to Anya Loewenberg in Budapest. The letter is written in Hungarian and was received by Irene Schoenberger, caretaker of Anya.
Prewar family correspondence, ca. 1931
This letter is written by an illegibly named man, originated from Breslau, Germany, and was sent to the Novi Sad (former Yugoslavia) residence of Leon Loewenberg. The postcard shows an image of the streets of Breslau, Germany.
Prewar correspondence, 6 May, 1934.
This document is prewar family correspondence between members of the Loewenberg family. The postcard was written in Hungarian by Otto and Cornelius Loewenberg in Novi Sad (former Yugoslavia), to Ernest Loewenberg in Vienna, Austria.
Prewar family correspondence, 1 May, 1937
This document is a postcard, specifically prewar correspondence between members of the Loewenberg family in pre-WWII Europe. The postcard was sent by Otto Loewenberg during his stay in Bad Gastein (Austria), and was sent to Ernest Loewenberg in Novi Sad, former Yugoslavia. The postcard image is of the hilly landscape of Bad Gastein, Austria.
dated, 17 August, 1937
This document is a postcard, specifically prewar correspondence between members of the Loewenberg family. The postcard originated in Belgrade, former Yugoslavia, from Otto Loewenberg, and was sent to Ernest Loewenberg, who had been traveling in New York City, USA.
dated 10 November, 1938
This document is a postcard originated in New Mexico (United States), during Ernest & Puci Loewenberg's traveling through the United States. The postcard was sent to Otto and Cornelius Loewenberg in Novi Sad, former Yugoslavia.
Prewar Loewenberg family correspondence, dated 27 March, 1939.
This document is an extensive typewritten letter to Ernest Loewenberg in Novi Sad, former Yugoslavia, from Otto and Cornelius Loewenberg.
Wartime family correspondence, Loewenberg family, dated 1 November 1940.
This document is a letter written by Otto Loewenberg in Belgrade, former Yugoslavia, and was sent to Mexico City, Mexico, where Ernest Loewenberg had been traveling.
Wartime correspondence, Loewenberg family, dated 27 February, 1940.
This document is written wartime correspondence between members of the Loewenberg family. The letter was originated by Otto Loewenberg in Novi Sad, to family members Puci and Ernest Loewenberg in Mexico.
Loewenberg family, wartime correspondence, dated March 1940.
This document is a letter of typewritten wartime correspondence between members of the Loewenberg family. Specifically, the letter originates from Otto Loewenberg in Novi Sad, and was sent to Puci and Ernest Loewenberg in Mexico.
Wartime correspodence, Loewenberg Family, dated 31 March, 1940.
This document is a postcard, specifically wartime correspondence between members of the Loewenberg Family. The postcard was written by Otto Loewenberg from Topola, former Yugoslavia, and sent to Ernest Loewenberg in Mexico.
Wartime correspondence, Loewenberg Family, dated 26 April, 1940.
This document is an envelope originated in Novi Sad from an unnamed Loewenberg family member, and written to Ernest Loewenberg in Mexico.
Wartime family correspondence, Loewenberg Family, dated 27 June, 1940.
This document is a postcard written by Otto and Apa Loewenberg in Novi Sad, former Yugoslavia, to Puci and Ernest Loewenberg at Hotel Olypmia in Los Angeles, California.
Wartime correspondence, Loewenberg family, dated 18 July, 1940.
This document is a postcard written by an unnamed person in Bad Gastein, Austria, to Otto Loewenberg in Jezerski, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Prewar correspondence, Loewenberg Family, dated 30 July, 1937.
This document is a postcard, written to Coelestine Loewenberg in Novi Sad, from Apa and Otto Loewenberg in Bled, Slovenia.
Prewar correspondence, Loewenberg Family, dated 20 August, 1937.
This document is a postcard written from an unknown person in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, to Otto Loewenberg in Novi Sad, Serbia.
prewar correspondence, Loewenberg Family, dated 21 August, 1937
This document is a postcard written by Otto and Cornelius Loewenberg, originated in Jezersko, Slovenia, and was written to Steven Gusek in Novi Sad.
Prewar correspondence, Loewenberg family and friends, dated 28 August, 1937.
This document is a postcard of written correspondence between members of the Loewenberg Family in prewar Europe.
Specifically, the postcard was written by Puci Loewenberg, and originated in Hvar, Croatia. The letter was written to Leon Loewenberg in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Prewar family correspondence, Loewenberg family, dated 15 July, 1938.
This document is a postcard written by Puci Loewenberg during his stay in France, and was sent to family members Alfred and Marta Loewenberg in Novi Sad.
Prewar correspondence, Loewenberg family, dated 28 October, 1938.
This document is a postcard correspondence between members of the Loewenberg Family just weeks before the beginning of World War II.
Specifically, the postcard originated in Guadalajara, Mexico, as during Puci Loewenberg's travels there, he sent this card to Leon Loewenberg in Novi Sad, former Yugoslavia.
Prewar correspondence, Loewenberg Family, dated 11 August, 1939.
This document is a typewritten letter of wartime correspondence between members of the Loewenberg family members. The letter is written by Anya and Apa Loewenberg in Novi Sad, and was sent to Ernest and Puci Loewenberg, presumably on their travels in the Americas.
Wartime family correspondence, Loewenberg Family, dated 4 February, 1940.
This document is a typewritten letter, specifically written correspondence between members of the Loewenberg Family. The letter originated in Novi Sad and was written by Anya and Apa Loewenberg, and was sent to Ernest and Puci Loewenberg, presumably during their travels in the Americas.
Wartime correspondence, Loewenberg Family, 21 April, 1940.
This document is a typewritten letter sent by Anya and Apa Loewenberg while in Budapest, Hungary, and was sent to Ernest and Puci Loewenberg, location unknown. The first page is written by Anya, and the following page by Apa.
Postwar correspondence, Loewenberg Family, dated 5 May, 1947.
This document is a postcard that indicates wartime correspondence between members of the Loewenberg family. The postcard was written by Otto Loewenberg during his stay in Belgrade, and was sent to Leon Loewenberg in Novi Sad.
Wartime correspondence, Loewenberg Family, dated 27 November, 1940.
This document is a postcard written by Martha [unknown last name] during her stay in Maribor, Slovenia, and was sent to Otto and Cornelius Loewenberg in Novi Sad.
Wartime correspondence, Loewenberg Family and friends, dated 27 December, 1940.
This document is a postcard written by an illegible sender in Buzias-Furdo, Romania, and sent to Lajos Loewenberg in Ujvidek, or Novi Sad.
Prewar correspondence, Loewenberg Family and friends, ca. 1930.
This document is a postcard written by Ernest and Puci Loewenberg during their stay in Milan, Italy, and was sent to Leon Loewenberg in Novi Sad.
Prewar correspondence, Loewenberg Family, ca. 1924.
This document is a handwritten letter to a member of the Loewenberg Family, originated in Novi Sad. Who wrote the letter and who the letter was sent to are illegible.
Prewar correspondence, Loewenberg Family, ca 1930s.
This document is a postcard originating in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, from members of the Loewenberg Family, and was sent to Claire Loen, residing in Burbank, Los Angeles, California.
Postwar correspondence, Loewenberg/Loen Family, 15 April, 1950.
This document is a birthday postcard written by Franciscka Panjolovic in Novi Sad, sent to Claire Loen in Burbank, Los Angeles, California.
Postwar correspondence, Loewenberg/Loen Family and friends, dated 15 April, 1950
This document is a handwritten letter and envelope that originated in Novi Sad from Franciska Panajolovic, and was sent to Elisabeth Loen in Los Angeles, California.
Postwar correspondence, Loewenberg/Loen Family, dated 20 April, 1951
This document is a postcard written by family members in Novi Sad, sent to Burbank, Los Angeles, California, to the residence of Elisabeth Loen.
Postwar correspondence, Loen/Loewenberg Family, 31 October, 1954.
This document is a birthday postcard originated in Novi Sad from Aunt Irene and Uncle Isiga, and was sent to Claire Loen in Los Angeles, California.
Postwar correspondence, Loen/Loewenberg Family, dated 25 April, 1955.
This document is a handwritten letter between members of the Loewenberg Family.
The letter was written by Puci's grandmother, Omama, and was written to Puci Loewenberg.
Postwar correspondence, Loewenberg Family, ca. 1947.
This document is a handwritten letter, specifically prewar correspondence between members of the Loewenberg Family.
The letter was written by Anya Loewenberg, and sent to Puci Loewenberg, prewar, circa 1937.
This document is a certified driving license issued to Elisaveta Haus in the country of Yugoslavia, written in Serbian, and dated 22 May, 1935.
Prewar documents, Elisaveta Haus.
This document is a typewritten chain letter written in French. According to the letter, the chain letter originated from a group of soldiers, and the idea is to send the letter to people you love in the hopes that the letter will reach around the world.
dated 3 November, 1938
This is an official document issued in Budapest, Hungary, marking a baptismal certificate issued to Franciska Ernebet, converting to Roman-Catholicism.
Dated 16 March, 1939
This is an official document originating in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, issued to Elisaveta Loewenberg, as a certificate of good moral and political behavior.
Official document, Loewenberg Family, dated 16 May, 1939.
This is an official message originated by Aledele Gausz of the Ujvideken (Vojvodina) Red Cross, and sent to Ernst Loewenberg in Burbank, Los Angeles, California.
Dated 16 September, 1943.
This document is an official Red Cross message sent from Leon Loewenberg in Budapest (Hungary), to Ernest Loewenberg in Los Angeles.
Wartime correspondence, Loewenberg family, 30 September, 1943
This is a message written in English that was attached to a Red Cross message sent by Ernest Loewenberg in Los Angeles, California, 1943.
The message contains information about Claire Loewenberg's health.
This document is a photograph of a portion of the Loewenberg family. The photo includes Anya Loewenberg, Irene, Lakica, and three other women.
Prewar, family photograph, Loewenberg Family, 1916.
This document is a photograph of Jeno Loewenberg and Lacika Loewenberg, brother and sister.
The photograph is undated, ca. 1916
This document is a portrait photograph of Apa Loewenberg, presumably used for identification.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family
This document is a candid photograph taken of Apa Loewenberg sleeping on a couch.
Postwar photograph, Loewenberg Family, undated, ca. 1946
This document is a photograph that was taken during a family beach excursion in Italy, with members of the Loewenberg Family included in the picture.
The photograph is undated, decidedly prewar, and some of the members' names are written above their person.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, 1930s.
This document is a photograph of Otto Loewenberg as a young boy, celebrating as cycling champion with other competitors.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, Austria-Hungary, dated 1925
This document is a photograph of Otto Loewenberg and his Jewish School class, near the Novi Sad synagogue, 1931.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, 1931.
This document is a photograph of Fredi (Alfred) Loewenberg as a baby, dated 1931.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, dated 1931
This document is a portrait of a teenaged Otto Loewenberg in prewar Austria-Hungary, ca. 1935.
Prewar photographs, Leowenberg Family, ca. 1935
This document is a portrait photograph of Otto Loewenberg as a young boy, in Novi Sad, dated 1918.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, Novi Sad, 1918.
This document is a group photograph of Ernest Loewenberg and others on a horsedrawn wagon, prewar Yugoslavia.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, dated 22 April, 1934
This document is a prewar photograph of members of the Loewenberg Family on the countryside of prewar Yugoslavia.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, ca. 1935
This document is a photograph of Anya and Vera Loewenberg posing in bathing suits, Yugoslavia, 1935.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, 1935
This document is a portrait photograph of Otto Loewenberg as a teenager, presumably used for identification.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, ca. 1930
This document is a photograph of Otto Loewenberg and Cornelius Loewenberg posing in their swim suits near the coast.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg, ca. 1935
This document is a photograph of Apa and Alfred Loewenberg, along with two other men sitting around a table.
Prewar photograph, Loewenberg Family, September 1934.
This document is a group photograph of members of the Loewenberg Family enjoying a day on the coast of Dalmatia, Yugoslavia.
Pictured is Anya, Bela, Vera, Cornelius, Otto, and other members of the Loewenberg Family.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, 1938
This document is a photograph of an adult-aged Otto Loewenberg adorned in a Hungarian Army hat.
On the back of the photograph is the location of the picture (Szeged, Hungary), dated 1943.
Wartime photographs, Loewenberg Family, 1943.
This document is a group photograph of Vera, Otto, and Marta Loewenberg, enjoying the countryside of Jezersko, former Yugoslavia, prewar.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, July, 1934.
This document is a photograph of Otto and Marta Loewenberg, and two friends, sunbathing in Dalmatia, prewar, circa 1930.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, ca. 1930, Dalmatia.
This document is a group photograph of members of the Loewenberg Family, Otto, Kuna, Oskar, and Alfred, in Dalmatia, Yugoslavia, prewar.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, ca. 1932
This document is a photograph of Ernest Loewenberg, Alfred Loewenberg, and another man, in a courtyard in Yugoslavia, dated 1937.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, dated 1937.
This document is a photograph of Otto Loewenberg posing on a cliff, date and location unknown.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, ca. 1935
This document is a photograph of members of the Loewenberg Family, enjoying the countryside of Toplice, Slovenia, Yugoslavia.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, 1939.
This document is a group photograph of members of the Loewenberg on a family vacation to Dalmatia, former Yugoslavia, prewar ca. 1934.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, ca. 1934
This document is a photograph of Alfred, Cornelius, and Oskar Loewenberg, returning from enjoying the beach of Dubrovnik, former Yugoslavia, 1939.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, 1939.
This document is a group photograph of members of the Loewenberg Family during a family vacation in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, 1939. Pictured is Oskar, Alfred, Cornelius, Marta, and Otto Loewenberg.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, 1939.
This document is a photograph of Otto Loewenberg and Cornelius Loewenberg walking down a path, ca. 1937. Location and date unknown.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, ca. 1937.
This document is a group photograph of members of the Loewenberg Family during a family vacation to Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, 1939.
From left to right: Oskar, Alfred, Cornelius, Marta, Otto.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, 1939
This document is a group photograph of Otto, Cornelius, and Oskar Loewenberg, enjoying the view on a cliff in Budapest, ca. 1939.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, ca. 1939.
This document is a photograph of Otto Loewenberg and his friend Iritz Maudi, walking the streets of Belgrade, April 1939.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, April, 1939.
This document is a photograph of Otto Loewenberg posing with his car, location unknown, dated 1939.
Prewar photograph, Loewenberg Family, 1939
This document is a photograph of Otto Loewenberg in conversation with an unknown girl poolside, ca. 1938.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, ca. 1938
This document is a photograph of Anya, Apa, and Irene Loewenberg, as well as Anuska (Alfred Loewenberg's mother), playing cards together at a table.
Prewar photographs, Loewenberg Family, dated, September, 1939.
This document is a photograph of Otto and Apa Loewenberg in the park at an unknown location, dated 1941.
Wartime photographs, Loewenberg Family, dated 1941.
This document is a photograph of Otto Loewenberg, dressed in a Hungarian military uniform, family member Anya Loewenberg, and a group of soldiers.
The written caption reads "Otto in Hungary before Bor".
1941
This document is a photograph of Cornelius and Arauka Loewenberg playing in the snow, prewar era.
Bindermichl, Linz, Austria.
This document is a group photograph of members of the Loewenberg Family during a family vacation in Dalmatia, prewar Yugoslavia.
Undated, ca. 1937.
This document is a collection of various photographs, postcards, and letters, directly related to the Loewenberg Family.
1940
This document is a photograph of Aliska, Otto Loewenberg's girlfriend that had been killed in Novi Sad, former Yugoslavia.
1942
This document is a photograph of four children in Budapest, postwar, November 1948.
Presumably, these children are descendants of the Loewenberg/Loen family.
This document is a postwar-era photograph of Margit's daughter, in Hungary.
ca. 1950
