OFFICIAL DOCUMENT GROUPING OF CAPT. HANS LOEWE
Intriguing grouping of 13 items related to the foreign service of Capt. Hans Loewe, A German government official and interpreter who may well have been an Abwehr agent as well. Included is his "Soldbuch zugleich Personalausweis" which lists his rank as captain, profession as "Civil Servant", and indicates that he was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd Class in the previous war. He does not appear to have served with any military unit during the war, but did attend interpreter school in Berlin in 1943. His passport, or "Dienstpass", is of an unusual form. Issued on Apr. 6, 1943 is shows his occupation as a government official and is full of visas and foreign port of entry stamps including Bulgaria, Rumania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Turkey. This is neither a diplomatic nor normal passport, but rather a form we have not encountered before. Also present are the same types of passports issued to his wife and daughter. Finally, there are present nine postcards from Loewe's internment in "Civilian Internment Camp 1" near Bonn, all but one written by the prisoner. Interestingly, two of the cards bear his admonition to his family not to contact other relatives as otherwise his plans for the future may not succeed. A good grouping worthy of a bit of research.