Object numberM1991/016:004
DescriptionLetter in French, sent to Salomon Frankfurter by the HIAS-JCA Emigration Association (HICEM), Marseille. The letter comunicates the contents of a cable received by HICEM from Frankfurter's son. The cable states that the son is prepared to contribute US$250 towards his father's passage to the U.S. He requests advice as to whether his father has obtained a visa, and seeks other news about him. HIAS stands for Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, an American Jewish refugee agency founded in 1881 for the purpose of assisting Jews leaving the Russian Empire. The other important U.S. agency was the JDC - American Joint Distribution Committee.
Salomon Frankfurter, born 7.5.1886 in Vienna, interned as a refugee in France seeking emigration to the United States. With one exception, they are written in French, covering the period 1939 to 1942. They illustrate the lengthy process to collect required documentation from French authorities and to obtain with the help of HIAS-JCA Emigration Association (HICEM) and the American Consul General in France with necessary travel visa documents. One document is written in German: a ‘Durchschrift’ (copy) of a meeting at the US consulate (in Marseille) on 22.7.1941 with the US consul Donaldson and representatives of the French internment Camp des Miles speaking on behalf of 609 internees who have relatives in America. Frankfurter succeeded in escaping Europe – from Marseille via Casablanca to the US. There is no further information on his life history
Salomon Frankfurter, born 7.5.1886 in Vienna, interned as a refugee in France seeking emigration to the United States. With one exception, they are written in French, covering the period 1939 to 1942. They illustrate the lengthy process to collect required documentation from French authorities and to obtain with the help of HIAS-JCA Emigration Association (HICEM) and the American Consul General in France with necessary travel visa documents. One document is written in German: a ‘Durchschrift’ (copy) of a meeting at the US consulate (in Marseille) on 22.7.1941 with the US consul Donaldson and representatives of the French internment Camp des Miles speaking on behalf of 609 internees who have relatives in America. Frankfurter succeeded in escaping Europe – from Marseille via Casablanca to the US. There is no further information on his life history
Production placeFrance
Production date 1941-04-12
Object nameofficial correspondence
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- whole width: 214.00 mm
height: 185.00 mm
Language
- French Marseille, 12 March 1941
Sir,
Below the content of the cable concerning your son that we have just received:
AM PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE (TO THE AMOUNT OF) $250 FOR TRAVEL SALOMON FRANKFURTER STOP INFORM IF VISA OBTAINED AND OTHER NEWS
Please let us know where you are currently up to, from an emigration point of view.
Yours sincerely,
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Salomon Frankfurter