Category Archives: family stories

Hello to a new book, farewell to a beloved companion

Posted on June 27, 2025 by Suzanne Loebl

As many of you know, I have spent the most of the last decade writing a book about the art uprooted by the Nazis during the Holocaust. About two years ago, Bloomsbury Press bought the unfinished manuscript. I finished the … Continue reading →

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May 10th, 1940

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Suzanne Loebl

I apologize for neglecting this blog for so long! The reason, and the good news, is that I had to finish Plunder and Survival: Stories of Theft, Loss, Recovery and Migration of Nazi-Uprooted Art, my fifteenth book. Bloomsbury will publish … Continue reading →

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My New Hip

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Suzanne Loebl

Hi guys. Sorry for my long silence. Eight weeks ago, Dr. Morteza Meftah, an orthopedic surgeon at New York University’s Orthopedic Hospital, implanted my new hip. My body is still getting used to the repair. The new hip replaced an … Continue reading →

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Gifts of Summer Guests

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Suzanne Loebl

Summer homes, especially when located in spectacular places, usually attract guests laden with gifts and improvements. This year, now that I am old, handicapped, car-less, and recently widowed, both were plentiful. Walter was the first guest. His contributions were novel … Continue reading →

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Vati

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Suzanne Loebl

I had my father for a relatively short time: 24 minus 6 years. When he died suddenly, more than half a century ago, I was distracted by both the immense joy and relief of having recently met my life partner … Continue reading →

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Lockdown 1942, Lockdown 2020

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Suzanne Loebl

For me, the current lockdown is a vivid reminder of the two years I spent as a “hidden child” in Belgium during World War II. Actually, I was neither a child nor confined to my quarters like that other, very … Continue reading →

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Raising a Gay Child Before Stonewall

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Suzanne Loebl

I regret to say that I barely remember the riots at Stonewall, the bar in Greenwich Village where on June 26, 1969, a group of gay patrons successfully resisted harassment by the New York City police. The event would play … Continue reading →

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My Guardian Angel

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Suzanne Loebl

I have a guardian angel. I think he is male, though you could not tell by looking at him. He has golden wings and wears a plain white gown. He does not concern himself with politics or other important things, … Continue reading →

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Three Family Bar Mitzvahs

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Suzanne Loebl

To the memory of David Loebl (1956-1993) on his 63rd birthday and the 50th anniversary of his bar mitzvah. I was eight years old when my mother and I attended the bar mitzvah of my cousin Ernst Wertheimer (later Worth). … Continue reading →

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The Disastrous Consequences of Separating Parents and Children

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Suzanne Loebl

More than fifty years ago, my three-year-old son David and I went grocery shopping in our smallish neighborhood supermarket. I concentrated on the week’s bargains while he immersed himself in the comics rack. Suddenly I felt a small hand tugging … Continue reading →

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