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 si…