Ladislaus Löb
Germany literature scholar (1933–2021)
Ladislaus Löb (8 May 1933 – 2 October 2021[1]) was a Romanian-Swiss Germanist and Holocaust survivor. He was the Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Sussex in England. He wrote From Lessing to Hauptmann: Studies in German Drama (1974) and Christian Dietrich Grabbe (1996).
Ladislaus Löb | |
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Born | 8 May 1933 Cluj, Kingdom of Romania (today Cluj-Napoca, Romania) |
Died | 2 October 2021 (aged 88) Zürich, Switzerland |
Education | English and German, University of Zürich, 1953–1961 |
Occupation(s) | Professor Emeritus of German, University of Sussex |
Löb is also known for having been a passenger, when he was 11 years old, on the Kastner train during the Holocaust.