Peter Loewenthal

The police commissioner in charge of the juvenile police in Amsterdam requested that the minor Peter Loewenthal, residing at 84 Olympiaplein, second floor, in Amsterdam and missing since 14 July 1942, be located and returned. This description referred to Jews who had gone into hiding.
Algemeen Politieblad, nr 33, 20 August 1942, 952, notice 1613

Peter was the child of Rabbi Erich Isaac Löwenthal and Ilse Minna "Miriam" Marienthal, and the brother of my late mother, Chaninah.  He was born in Tel Aviv, Palestine, where his Jewish parents had a small business called Orientalia manufacturing mother-of-pearl rosaries.  He and his parents moved to Berlin, Germany when he was a young child, which was where my mother was born in 1931.  His parent…

Chaninah Löwenthal Marienthal

Peter was het kind van Rabbi Erich Isaac Lowenthal en Ilse Minna "Miriam" Marienthal, en de broer van mijn overleden moeder, Chaninah. Hij werd geboren in Tel Aviv, Palestina, waar zijn joodse ouders een klein bedrijfje hadden, Orientalia genaamd, dat parelmoeren rozenkransen vervaardigde. Hij en zijn ouders verhuisden naar Berlijn, Duitsland toen hij een jong kind w…