Salomon family papers

The Salomon family papers consists of correspondence and emigration and immigration files documenting Hermann, Edith, and Brigitte Salomon’s unsuccessful efforts to immigrate to the United States from Berlin. The collection also includes correspondence from Marianne Adler, Hermann and Edith’s daughter, and Elsbeth Stern, Hermann’s sister, documenting their efforts to bring their family to the Unites States. Salomon family correspondence includes wartime letters among Hermann, Edith, and Brigitte Salomon to Marianne Adler and Elsbeth Stern about Hermann, Edith, and Brigitte’s efforts to immigrate to the United States, discussions on other options for leaving Berlin, and news of family members and friends. Wartime correspondence also includes letters between Marianne Adler and Elsbeth Stern about their daily lives and their efforts to help Hermann, Edith, and Brigitte immigrate to the United States. Emigration and immigration files include requests for affidavits, visa approvals, transportation arrangements, and correspondence with government agencies and aid organizations documenting the unsuccessful efforts to bring Hermann, Edith and Brigitte to the United States. This series also includes confirmation of Hermann, Edith, and Brigitte’s safety after the war. Hermann Salomon (b. 1881) was born in Posen, Poland to Adolf S. He went to school in Berlin to become a notary and married Edith Machnitzki (b. 1897), from Stolp, Germany, in 1917. They had two daughters, Marianne and Brigitte (b. 1922). Marianne immigrated to the United States in 1938, settled in Los Angeles near her aunt, Elsbeth (Else) Stern, and married U.S. Army Lieutenant Kurt Alder. Hermann, Edith, and Brigitte attempted to obtain visas from the United States and Cuba, and considered going through Chile, Portugal, and Spain to reach America. They successfully obtained visas and passed medical examination, but were eventually denied because of changes to immigration laws. They survived the Holocaust by going into hiding and concealing their Jewish identity.