Greta Loebl

Greta Loebl Schreyer (July 28, 1917 — October 3, 2005), born Greta Loebl, was an Austrian-American, Jewish jewelry designer and painter. She survived the Holocaust and died in New York City. They stayed in Paris until their visa applications to the U.S. were approved, and they arrived in the U.S. in March 1939. Greta Schreyer's mother was sent to Auschwitz after her husband's death. Oscar Schreyer's sister Nina Graboi (born Gusti Schreyer) survived the Holocaust, and immigrated to New York City with the help of Oscar and Greta.

Career Greta Schreyer's jewelry design included lapel pins she created to make a living as a newly-arrived immigrant – they became an immediate fashion hit, and were advertised in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Mademoiselle magazines.

Her paintings and watercolors included symbols of her flight from peril, her dream-world, and her optimism. One series was of burning synagogues in Poland, reflecting the destruction of Polish Jewry by the Nazis.

Personal life After Oscar Schreyer's death, Greta married her cousin, economist and Vassar College professor Eugen Loebl. She had two daughters, Leslie and Linda, as well as several grandchildren.