Richard Noack lived in Hennickendorf in Brandenburg; he met the Jewish woman Alice Löwenstein in passing through an acquaintance. In the fall of 1942, she sought him out and asked for accommodation, since she had lost her previous hiding place. With his wife’s permission, Noack hid Löwenstein in their house over the following months.
At that time, Noack was employed by a friend classified by the Nuremberg “race laws” as a “1st-grade Mischling” (“half-breed”), who was arrested in March 1943. Having been released after 14 days, he warned Noack to expect his own “visit” from the Gestapo. Noack then asked Alice Löwenstein to leave his house, fearing she was no longer safe there. She was so desperate that she wanted to commit suicide. She asked Noack to accompany her into the Strausberg Forest, and took poison in front of him. Noack went home, convinced that Alice Löwenstein would die. However, the poison did not take effect. The next morning, she knocked at Noack’s door and asked him for money and provisions to seek refuge elsewhere. In the summer of 1945, Richard Noack learned that Alice Löwenstein had survived.