Auguste Saalfeld pursued compensation as Ignatz Saalfeld's widow and heir, but the authority required formal proof of succession and the derivative claims were withdrawn or absorbed into Auguste's own professional-loss settlement; counsel reported no further claims in September 1959.

Evidence

The authority required an Erbschein because the submitted family evidence did not conclusively establish succession. Counsel considered probate costs disproportionate to the likely recovery and withdrew the private-insurance claim in October 1958, then the property, asset, and economic-advancement claims in March 1959. The authority's December 1958 calculation treated Auguste's DM 100 monthly professional-loss settlement as compensating both spouses' lost income and required waiver of her derivative occupational claim. Counsel's 21 September 1959 letter confirmed that no further claims were asserted and the files could be closed.

People

Auguste Einstein Saalfeld, Ignatz Saalfeld, Caecilie Saalfeld Wortsmann, Emil H. Saalfeld

Places

Stuttgart, Württemberg

Family lines

Saalfeld–Wortsmann–Silverstein

Supporting sources

Ignatz Saalfeld restitution file

Contrary sources

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What remains uncertain

The dossier documents procedural disposition and withdrawal, not a judicial determination of Ignatz's complete heir group or the full value of his losses.