Max Wortsmann
Spouse of Caecilie and a cotton merchant. His naturalization file identifies Stuttgart as his last foreign residence and documents his 9 March 1939 arrival at New York aboard the SS Queen Mary. He became a United States citizen on 2 August 1944.
- Record ID
- P-015
- Name variants
- Max Wortsman
- Birth
- March 7, 1889
- Death
- Unknown
- Family lines
- Saalfeld–Wortsmann–Silverstein
- Related people
- Auguste Einstein Saalfeld, Ignatz Saalfeld, Caecilie Saalfeld Wortsmann, Edith Karola Wortsmann Silverstein, Rubin Milton Silverstein
- Places
- Stuttgart, Württemberg, New York, New York, St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Sources
- Max Wortsmann naturalization file, Caecilie Wortsmann naturalization file, Max Wortsmann restitution file, Auguste Saalfeld née Einstein restitution file, Ignatz Saalfeld restitution file, Rubin Milton Silverstein obituary
Evidence-backed claims
Rubin Milton Silverstein's contemporary obituary directly identifies Edith Silverstein as his wife. S-027's certified death record names Mrs. Max Wortsman as Auguste's daughter; related file correspondence explicitly calls Cecilie Wortsman nee Saalfeld the daughter of Auguste and Ignatz, strengthening the first parent-child link. S-028 independently repeats that relationship in Auguste's signed application and counsel's family submissions. The remaining links in this composite chain are strongly supported by the existing family and published evidence, but S-027's Cunard confirmation describes the Wortsmann children only by age and does not name Edith.
Krummenacher's source-cited account supports the Swiss refuge and escape episode. S-026 adds signed retrospective accounts and institutional records that independently support the family's Swiss refuge and escape. Max and Caecilie's NARA files independently document their shared 9 March 1939 arrival at New York aboard the SS Queen Mary, Caecilie's last foreign residence in St. Gallen, and their later settlement in Birmingham and Atlanta.
The complete NARA Atlanta file contains the petition filed in the U.S. District Court at Atlanta on 12 May 1944, Max's oath dated 2 August 1944, and the associated certificate card showing certificate 6106842 issued 3 August 1944.
Their separate Certificates of Arrival and naturalization filings agree on the New York date and vessel. Caecilie's declaration and petition both name St. Gallen as her last foreign residence; Max's filings name Stuttgart.