Heinz Loewy postcard

The collection consists of a postcard received by Heinz Loewy (later Henry Long), who fled to Shanghai, China after surviving imprisonment in several German concentration camps from 1936-1939. The postcard was written by Siegmund "Israel" Meyersohn in Berlin, Germany and dated 17 April 1941. Heinz Loewy (later Henry Fred Long, 1907-1971) was born on 10 May 1907 in Berlin, Germany. He worked as a musician. Heinz was arrested in 1936 and imprisoned in several concentration camps including Columbia, Lichtenburg, Dachau, and Buchenwald. He was released from Buchenwald on 4 January 1939. He fled to Shanghai, China and survived the Holocaust there. In 1947 Heinz immigrated to the United States aboard the SS Marine Adder. He married fellow survivor Herta Loschinski in 1951.