Gottfried Saloman Collection
Scope and Content Note
The bulk of the collection consists of original correspondence between Gottfried Saloman and Marta Mierendorff, 1938-1939, as well as Mierendorff’s journal entries from 1941. Much of the material concerns philosophy, or is poetic, flowery and romantic with a background of angst.
Folder 2 holds original records pertaining to Mierendorff, Saloman, and to his mother Rosa; as well as an autobiographical essay by Marta Mierendorff (undated typescript, 6 pages). There is also a clipping with Marta Mierendorff’s obituary.
Dates
- 1938-1952, 2002
Creator
- Mierendorff, Marta (Person)
- Saloman, Gottfried, 1896-1944 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
Gottfried Arno Saloman was born in 1896 in Berlin. Being Jewish, he was not allowed to study law under the Nazis, but he graduated from business school (“Diplom-Kaufmann”). In 1939 he got officially married to his gentile life-partner Marta Mierendorff (born 1911 in Berlin-Charlottenburg). In 1941 Saloman and his mother Rosa were deported to Theresienstadt; he was sent to Auschwitz in 1944, where he perished; his mother returned to Berlin in 1945.
The sociologist Marta Mierendorff eventually immigrated to the US, where she died in 2002.
Extent
2 Folders
Abstract
The bulk of the collection consists of original correspondence between Gottfried Saloman and Marta Mierendorff, 1938-1939, as well as Mierendorff’s journal entries from 1941. Much of the material concerns philosophy, or is poetic, flowery and romantic with a background of angst.
- Title
- Guide to the Gottfried Saloman Collection, 1938-1952, 2002 AR 12066 / MF 1744
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff
- Date
- © 2018
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
