Julie Raaber was born in Munich on May 17, 1888. Her parents were the businessman Leopold Raaber and his wife Rosalie, née Preuss. Julie had an older sister, Johanna, born on December 7, 1877, and two brothers, Adolf and David, born on May 2, 1893 and March 7, 1895. The family lived on the second floor of the house at Oberer Anger 45.
On March 7, 1929, the businesswoman Julie Raaber married the leather goods manufacturer Ludwig Löwenthal, who had been born in Rothenburg ob der Tauber on June 12, 1879. The childless couple lived at Rosenheimer Strasse 214. They were partners in the firm J. Löwenthal & Co., which—located at Schwanthalerstrasse 91—manufactured novelties and marketed them wholesale.
The Nazi accession to power in 1933 brought about radical changes in the lives of Julie and Ludwig Löwenthal. In July 1933 they moved from Rosenheimer Strasse 214 to Goethestrasse 5. It is unknown whether this move took place voluntarily or under duress. They moved again in October 1936, now to the first floor of Schwanthalerstrasse 91. In July 1938, under the pressure of ongoing dispossessions of Jewish business owners, they concluded a contract for the sale of their company to Helene Kapser, an employee of many years. The chamber of industry and commerce approved the sale but forbade Kapser the cooperation with the former Jewish owners provided for by the agreement. Julie and Ludwig Löwenthal deregistered their business on August 2, 1938.
On February 2, 1942 the Gestapo committed Ludwig and Julie Löwenthal to the internment camp at Clemens-August-Strasse 9. On March 13, 1943 they deported the couple from there to the Auschwitz extermination camp, where the SS presumably murdered them three days later, immediately on arrival of the train. (text Lena Djukic, Annika Bystrzycki, Thy-An Than, Mia Breit, Julia Urban, editor C. Fritsche, translation J. Rosenthal)
