George Löb came from a devout Catholic family that did not deny its Jewish roots. His parents were Ludwig Löb and Jansje van Gelder. Like five of his siblings, he entered a cloister. In 1923, George joined the abbey of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-van-Koningshoeven in Berkel-Enschot as a Trappist monk, receiving the monastic name of Ignatius. The immediate cause of the arrest of George and his brothers and sisters was the letter of protest against the deportation of Jews that was read aloud in churches by order of the bishops in late July 1942. On 2 August 1942 he was taken away, along with his brothers and sisters.
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The following book was written on the Löb family: P. Steffen and H. Evers, Scheuren in het kleed. Geschiedenis van het joods-katholieke gezin Löb 1881-1945 (Nijmegen 2009)