Overview
- Description
- Consists of a photograph, documents, and booklets owned by Marianne Salomon, originally of Frankfurt, Germany, who immigrated with her parents to the United States in 1938, eventually settling in Iowa. Includes a pre-war photograph of Marianne; inventory and shipping correspondence related to the family's personal possessions in the late 1930s; documents related to the family's Oct. 1938 immigration to the United States on the Hamburg Amerika Line ship "New York"; Joseph and Hildegard Salomon's naturalization papers; a map of Des Moines and welcome book for Iowa; and a war bonds stamp book used by Marianne. Also includes correspondence and report cards.
- Date
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inclusive:
1932-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marianne Berg
- Collection Creator
- Josef and Hildegard Salomon family
- Biography
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Marianne Salomon was born to Josef and Hildegard (née Grünewald) Salomon in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. In October 1938, at the age of six, her family immigrated to the United States on the "New York," a ship on the Hamburg Amerika Line. They were sponsored by Josef's younger brother, Gustav, who had immigrated earlier and was already a United States citizen. After arriving in New York, Josef and Hildegard had difficulty finding work, so the family moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where they remained throughout the war. Marianne later married Alfred Berg, who had immigrated to the United States from Vienna in 1939. The couple had two children and three grandchildren and lived in New Jersey. Alfred Berg passed away in 2013.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photograph. Letters.
- Extent
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2 folders
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is unarranged.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
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- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Emigration & immigration--Germany--1930-1940. Emigration & immigration--United States--1940-1950.
- Geographic Name
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany) Bielefeld (Germany) Iowa.
- Personal Name
- Salomon, Joseph. Salomon, Hildegard.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Marianne Salomon Berg donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.
- Primary Number
- 2015.312.6
- Record last modified:
- 2023-12-22 07:50:00
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The collection consists of a chess set, a harmonica, documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of Alfred Berg in Austria and Marianne Salomon Berg in Germany before and during the Holocaust.
Date: 1930-1945
Berg family papers
Document
Consists of a handwritten songbook, report card, United States visa card, passport (Fremdenpass), a copy of a letter, magazine page, and two photographs owned by Alfred Berg, originally of Vienna, Austria. Berg's visa card and passport were obtained when he immigrated to the United States in 1939 as part of the "50 children" group facilitated by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus. The magazine page shows photos of the children and of the Krauses and drew attention to their story. Also includes a photograph of Berg as a "Seabee" in the mid-1940s and a photograph of Elfriede Toch, circa 1944, who was one of the other "50 children."
Nekvasil portable chess set used by an Austrian Jewish refugee
Object
Nekvasil portable chess set brought to the United States from Vienna by Alfred Berg, an Austrian Jewish refugee, in 1939. Nekvasil was a game and toy manufacturer in the Ottakring District of Vienna that was known primarily for making chess sets. Alfred was a teenage boy living in Vienna with his parents and younger sister Charlotte when Germany annexed Austria in the Anschluss on March 13, 1938. German authorities quickly created new legislation that restricted Jewish life. Alfred was targeted by bullies because of his Jewish heritage and on November 9-10 during the Kristallnacht pogrom, his father was arrested and later released by local police. In May 1939, Charlotte was one of fifty Jewish children from Vienna selected by Americans Gilbert and Eleanor Krauss to be rescued from the Nazis and taken to the United States. Days before the mission was to leave Vienna one of the children became ill and was unable to travel. Alfred was selected to take his place. Alfred and Charlotte arrived in New York on May 23, and later in the year their parents were able to immigrate to the United States. On June 11, 1943, Alfred was drafted. He joined the Navy Seabees (Construction Battalion) as a private and was sent to Okinawa, Japan, but arrived after the war ended. After his service ended, Albert returned to New York where he met and married Marianne Salomon, a fellow Holocaust survivor.
Tremolo style Opera harmonica owned by an Austrian Jewish refugee
Object
Opera brand harmonica acquired by Alfred Berg as a child in Vienna, Austria before his emigration in 1939. The harmonica was made by the Max Spranger Company based in Brunndöbra, Germany. Alfred was a teenage boy living in Vienna with his parents and younger sister Charlotte when Germany annexed Austria in the Anschluss on March 13, 1938. German authorities quickly created new legislation that restricted Jewish life. Alfred was targeted by bullies because of his Jewish heritage and on November 9-10 during the Kristallnacht pogrom, his father was arrested and later released by local police. In May 1939, Charlotte was one of fifty Jewish children from Vienna selected by Americans Gilbert and Eleanor Krauss to be rescued from the Nazis and taken to the United States. Days before the mission was to leave Vienna, one of the children became ill and was unable to travel. Alfred was selected to take his place. Alfred and Charlotte arrived in New York on May 23, and later in the year their parents were able to immigrate to the United States. On June 11, 1943, Alfred was drafted. He joined the Navy Seabees (Construction Battalion) as a private and was sent to Okinawa, Japan, but arrived after the war ended. After his service ended, Albert returned to New York where he met and married Marianne Salomon, a fellow Holocaust survivor.
Dictionary
Object
Alfred Berg was a teenage boy living in Vienna with his parents and younger sister Charlotte when Germany annexed Austria in the Anschluss on March 13, 1938. German authorities quickly created new legislation that restricted Jewish life. Alfred was targeted by bullies because of his Jewish heritage and on November 9-10 during the Kristallnacht pogrom, his father was arrested and later released by local police. In May 1939, Charlotte was one of fifty Jewish children from Vienna selected by Americans Gilbert and Eleanor Krauss to be rescued from the Nazis and taken to the United States. Days before the mission was to leave Vienna one of the children became ill and was unable to travel. Alfred was selected to take his place. Alfred and Charlotte arrived in New York on May 23 and later in the year their parents were able to immigrate to the United States. On June 11, 1943, Alfred was drafted. He joined the Navy Seabees (Construction Battalion) as a private and was sent to Okinawa, Japan, but arrived after the war ended. After his service ended, Albert returned to New York where he met and married Marianne Salomon, a fellow Holocaust survivor.
