Egon J. Salmon collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn12834
• English
• a: Height: 40.625 inches (103.188 cm) | Width: 22.500 inches (57.15 cm) | Depth: 21.500 inches (54.61 cm) b: Height: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Width: 20.625 inches (52.388 cm) | Depth: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm) c: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 20.625 inches (52.388 cm) | Depth: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm) d: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 20.625 inches (52.388 cm) | Depth: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm) e: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 20.625 inches (52.388 cm) | Depth: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm) f: Height: 7.875 inches (20.003 cm) | Width: 20.625 inches (52.388 cm) | Depth: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Large wardrobe trunk with drawers used by Egon Salmon, 15, and his family when they left Nazi Germany on the MS St. Louis in May 1939. The zinc lined trunk was specially made in Germany to protect clothing in tropical climates. Following Kristallnacht on November 9-10, 1938, Egon’s father Paul was arrested in Rheydt and held in Dachau. He was released after he received a visa for Cuba. Paul left in January 1939 for Havana. On May 13, 1939, Egon, mother Erna, and sister Edith left on the MS St. Louis for Cuba. When the ship reached Havana, the Cuban government refused to allow most of the pa...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn12835
• English
• g: Height: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Width: 18.875 inches (47.943 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) h: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) i: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 18.875 inches (47.943 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Three wooden hangers for an upright trunk, 1998.65.1 a-f, used by Egon Salmon, 15, and his family when they left Nazi Germany on the MS St. Louis in May 1939. Following Kristallnacht on November 9-10, 1938, Egon’s father Paul was arrested in Rheydt and held in Dachau. He was released after he received a visa for Cuba. Paul left in January 1939 for Havana. On May 13, 1939, Egon, mother Erna, and sister Edith left on the MS St. Louis for Cuba. When the ship reached Havana, the Cuban government refused to allow most of the passengers, nearly all Jewish refugees from Nazi persecution, to disemb...