Loose Family Memorial

Until 1945, the three Hubertushütten (St. Hubertus Huts), which had been used as weekend retreats since the early 1930s, stood on this site. One of the huts belonged to the Loose family from Chemnitz. Directly in front of it stood an old wayside cross. A new wayside cross was consecrated at the same spot in 2016. An information panel commemorates the fate of the Loose family. Arno Ferdinand Loose, the son of a factory owner, and his American wife May used the weekend hut and were socially active in Gottesgab. For example, every local family received a basic supply of clothes for the newborn from the Looses when a child was born. War and expulsion ended this harmonious coexistence. Arno Loose was arrested by the Soviets in September 1945 and died in a camp in 1946. May Loose fled to Oberwiesenthal, where she lived until her death in 1966. Several applications to emigrate to her home country, the USA, were rejected by the GDR authorities.

This display board was created in memory of the Loose family. Further details can be found on the board. The foundations of the buildings can still be seen today.

A souvenir of a German family who found their suffering after the end of the war,