Ellen Loeb-Katz

Ellen Loeb-Katz

Ellen Loeb-Katz was born on January 31, 1921, in Germany. She fled with her family to the Netherlands in 1936.

After the German invasion in 1940, she was sent to Westerbork. Loeb-Katz survived four Concentration Camps: Westerbork, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and Lenzing (a subcamp of Mauthausen).

She and her Mother were liberated by U.S. Troops in 1945.

After the War, Loeb-Katz moved to Dallas, Texas and attended Southern Methodist University where she became a Nurse. She later attended UT Southwestern Medical School and became a Hematologist.

In 1956, Loeb-Katz joined the Wadley Research Institute and Blood Bank. There she developed a method for removing and preserving Bone Marrow for reimplantation in Patients fighting Leukemia.