Presented by The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Louis Nieweg OF BLESSED MEMORY
Louis Nieweg was born and raised in Holland. When Hitler invaded in 1940, he managed to escape with his brother and parents by convincing a fishing boat captain to take them to England. Unfortunately, his older sister, living in another part of the country, perished in the Holocaust with her husband and 5-year-old child. From England they moved to Australia and then the U.S., where Louis became a successful businessman in New York after
World War II by trading in jute, a fiber from an Asian plant used for sacking and cordage. In 1960, with the rise of Castro and the loss of his Cuban accounts, Louis sold the business and retired. A decade later, after several visits, he made South Florida his home. It was soon after his arrival that Louis participated in his first mission to Israel with the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. It was on this trip that he met Norman Lipoff, who
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