Salpeter family collection
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Salpeter family
Biographical History
Ojser Salpeter (Oskar, b. 1884) was born on January 20, 1884 in Radomyśl, Poland (present-day Ukraine). Brunhilde Salpeter (Bronia/Breindl, née Issler, b. 1891) was born on April 28, 1891 in Radomyśl. Oskar and Brunhilde Salpeter married in Dortmund, Germany on August 26, 1919. They moved to Düsseldorf, Germany where their four daughters were born: Klara Salpeter (May 30, 1923- ), Rieka Salpeter (Rika, November 8, 1925- ), Dorothea Salpeter (Dora, February 24, 1928- ), and Charlotte Salpeter (Lotte, April 8, 1930- ). In 1938, Klara Salpeter immigrated to the United States. On October 29, 1938, the Salpeter family was forced out of Germany into Poland, along with thousands of other Polish Jews. The family was forced to travel from town to town including Poznań, Tarnów, and Mielec. Klara Salpeter last heard from her family in late 1941. They are presumed to have perished in either Belzec or Auschwitz concentration camp.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Claire Salpeter Greenwald
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Claire Salpeter Greenwald donated the Salpeter family collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.
Scope and Content
The Salpeter family collection consists of biographical and genealogical information regarding the Salpeter family of Düsseldorf, Germany. The collection includes correspondence, dated 1937-1942, sent between the Salpeter family in Germany and Poland, and Klara Salpeter, who had immigrated to the United States in 1938. Photographs of the Salpeter family include candid and studio portraits of Oskar Salpeter, Brunhilde Salpeter, Klara Salpeter, Rieka Salpeter, Dorothea Salpeter, and Charlotte Salpeter. All members of the Salpeter family, except Klara Salpeter, perished in the Holocaust.
System of Arrangement
The Salpeter family collection is arranged in three series. Series 1: Biographical materials, 1939, 1958-1983 Series 2: Correspondence, 1937-1942, undated Series 3: Photographs, circa 1930s
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Claire Greenwald
People
- Salpeter, Brundhilde.
- Salpeter, Klara, 1923-
- Salpeter, Rieka.
- Salpeter, Dorothea.
- Salpeter, Charlotte.
- Salpeter, Oskar.
Subjects
- Families.
- Children.
- Germany.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Jews--Poland.
- Holocaust victims.
- Holocaust victims--Germany.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Jews--Germany.
- Poland.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
Genre
- Identification documents.
- Passports.
- Correspondence.
- Document
- Photographs.