Auguste Saalfeld left Germany on 30 November 1938, traveled through Switzerland to Cherbourg, sailed aboard the SS Aquitania on 3 December, and entered the United States at New York on 9 December 1938; she then resided in Cincinnati until April 1939, Birmingham until 1 September 1939, and Atlanta.

Evidence

S-022's Certificate of Arrival, declaration, petition, and independent Ohio and Alabama witness depositions agree on the New York arrival and establish the Cincinnati-to-Birmingham-to-Atlanta residence sequence. S-027's Cunard correspondence independently establishes the 3 December Cherbourg sailing, ticket 333320, and Berlin booking. The restitution authority found that she left Germany on 30 November and traveled via Switzerland; counsel separately relayed her daughter's statement that the daughter fled first and met Auguste for several days in Switzerland.

People

Auguste Einstein Saalfeld

Places

Stuttgart, Württemberg, Atlanta, Georgia, New York, New York

Family lines

Saalfeld–Wortsmann–Silverstein

Supporting sources

Auguste Saalfeld naturalization file, Auguste Saalfeld née Einstein restitution file

Contrary sources

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What remains uncertain

S-027 does not contain a contemporary border or Swiss registration record. It supports a meeting with her daughter in Switzerland, but does not identify the Swiss place, exact crossing route, or establish that Auguste traveled the entire route with the Wortsmann family.