Ludwig Staub Photograph Album
Born in Myslowitz in Upper Silesia on July 17, 1886, Ludwig Staub moved to Berlin with his family while he was still in high school. He studied pharmacy and chemistry at the university in Berlin and eventually served in an army hospital in Ukraine during WWI. He married Erna Louise Zitzke Staub while back on leave in 1916, and they had four children (one of whom died shortly after birth). In 1918 he approached the management of the Wertheim department stores with the proposal to develop a line of cosmetics and other products. The subsidiary firm, Eulith Gesellschaft, became a success. In 1924, he accepted a position as the executive director of the Chemische Fabrik Helfenberg near Dresden, which manufactured pharmaceutical and health-related products. His first marriage ended in the early 1930s, and he then married Ilse Muth, an actress, in March 1933. On account of his Jewish background, Ludwig Staub was forced to leave his position as executive director of the chemical factory in 1936. This photo album documents part of his trip out of Nazi Germany. He traveled to England in 1936 and then to Palestine in 1937 where he worked with Assia Chemical Laboratories, a pharmaceutical company in Tel Aviv, until he came down with a severe case of dysentery and made his way back to London. Ludwig Staub and Ilse Muth divorced sometime between 1938 and 1943, as she did not want to leave Germany. Following his move to Prague in 1938 he was able to obtain a visa to the US and emigrated to New York City that same year. In New York he married Elsie Wolff. Ludwig Staub died in 1944. -- Description by Helga Thorson, Professor of Germanic Studies, UVic
- Cities and towns
- Signs and signboards
- Royal Albert Hall (London, England)
- Historic buildings
- Boats and boating
- Parks
- Tower clocks
- Chiesa di S. Maria della salute (Venice, Italy)
- Historic sites
- Palaces
- Railroad stations
- British Museum
- Beaches
- Royal Exchange (London, England)
- Palazzo reale (Naples, Italy)
- Number 10 Downing Street (London, England)
- Memorials
- St. George's Hospital (London, England)
- Westminster Palace (London, England)
- Bridges
- Big Ben (Tower clock)
- Kensington Palace (London, England)
- Towers
- Basilicas
- Guildhall (London, England)
- Streets
- Monuments
- Architecture
- Street photography
- Palazzo ducale (Venice, Italy)
- Albert Memorial (London, England)
- Hotels--Decoration
- Canals
- Church buildings
- Buildings
- St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England)
- Plazas
- History
- Bell towers
- Campanile di San Marco (Venice, Italy)
- Tower of London (London, England)
- Cityscapes
- Buckingham Palace (London, England)
- Hotels
- Statues
- Basilica di San Marco (Venice, Italy)
- Mansion House (London, England)
- Voyages and travels
- Department stores
- City and town life
- 1 album (26 pages) ; 32 x 44 cm
- England--London--Victoria Embankment
- Middle East--Palestine
- Italy--Naples
- Italy--Venice
- Italy--San Remo
- England--London--Oxford Street (Westminster)
- England--London--Trafalgar Square
- Italy--Riviera
- France--Riviera
- Italy--Rome
- Israel--Tel Aviv
- Italy--Venice--Ponte dei Sospiri
- England--London--Piccadilly Circus
- England--Thames River
- England--Merton--Wimbledon
- Italy--Venice--Ponte della Paglia
- Israel--Haifa
- Italy--Venice--Grand Canal
- Italy--Nervi
- Germany--Berlin--Potsdamer Platz
- England--London--London Bridge
- Netherlands--Rotterdam
- Italy--Venice--Ponte di Rialto
- Italy--Venice--Piazza San Marco
- England--London
- England--London--Tower Bridge
- England--London--Hyde Park
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- This album consists of multiple pages of black paper within a hard cover that is secured by metal plates and screws. Photos are mounted directly on the pages with an unknown adhesive and captions are hand written in white ink. Blank pages not included.
- Victoria Holocaust and World War II Memory Digital Collections
- June 4, 2025
- Scanned on TTI/Betterlight (1/20; 350; default setting tone; camera height 700), LED light array, calibrated to greyscale card, 600 DPI TIF files by PD. Metadata by KD.
- Rights
- Original material remains with the loaning family. Contact UVic Special Collection and University Archives for reproduction requests.
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