Correspondence between Werner Loewy in Bombay and Cawnpore, India, and later California to Wolfgang Loewy and other family members in Shanghai, 1939-1950.
Loewy, Wolfgang: Correspondence (1939-1950)
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- Dates of Creation1939-1950
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- Language of MaterialGerman
- Physical Description3 files
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Administrative / Biographical History
Wolfgang Loewy, who described himself as a Jew by religion and by origin half-Jewish and half-Christian, left Berlin with his first wife and ended up in an internment camp in Bombay. His brother, Werner, wife and parents went to Shanghai, where they stayed until after the war, after which they went to live in Los Angeles. Wolfgang came to Great Britain after the war.
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Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.
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