Loebl or Löbl is a surname of
Hebrew
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origin literally meaning "little heart". It consists of the word "heart" (לב, ''Loeb'', ''Löb'') in Hebrew plus Yiddish diminutive suffix "-l". When Jews were required to Germanize their names, "Loeb + l" was converted into "
Herz Herz is the German word for ''heart''. It may refer to:
* Herz (surname)
* Herz Bergner (1907–1970), Polish-born Australian novelist
* Herz Cerfbeer of Medelsheim (1730–1793), French Jewish philanthropist
* Herz., author abbreviation of Germa ...
+ l", i.e.,
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The surname may refer to:
* Herbert Loebl (1923-2013), British businessman
* Greta Loebl (1917-2005), born Greta Loebl, Austrian-American, Jewish jewelry designer and painter
* Eugen Loebl (1907-1987), a former Czechoslovak official who survived the Slánský trial
The Slánský trial (officially English: "Trial of the Leadership of the Anti-State Conspiracy Centre Headed by Rudolf Slánský") was a 1952 antisemiticBlumenthal, Helaine. (2009). Communism on Trial: The Slansky Affair and Anti-Semitism in P ...
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Hebrew-language surnames