The Salinger Family History
Generation 6
 Ernst Salinger 
b. 1882 in Berlin 
d. 1950 in London 
1. Ernst Salinger (Louis6, Nathan5, Selig Natanowicz4, Nathan3, Zelig2, Salomon1 was born on May 13, 1882 in BERLIN GERMANY and died on Feb. 16, 1950 in LONDON ENGLAND.  He married 1st 'A Friend'.  He married 2nd Gertrude Schmidt in 1925 in BERLIN. Gertrude was born in 1897 and died in 1984. He married 3rd Bianca Coper in 1944 in LONDON GREAT BRITAIN. Bianca, daughter of Herrmann Coper (Adolf1) and Gertrud Jacobowitz (Adolf1), was born on Oct. 3, 1914 in BERLIN GERMANY and died on Jul. 3, 2004 in Kfar Ruppin, Israel.
        


Children of Ernst Salinger and 'A Friend'
        i.        2.        Ruth was born on Jul. 21, 1909 and died on May 22, 1988.


Children of Ernst Salinger and Gertrude Schmidt
        ii.        3.        Hans Werner Salinger was born on Jan. 29, 1926.
        iii.        4.        Gerhard Salinger was born on Aug. 23, 1927 in BERLIN and died on Oct. 13, 1989 in LONDON.


Children of Ernst Salinger and Bianca Coper
        iv.        5.        Ralph Herbert Lewis Salinger was born on Dec. 2, 1946 in LONDON ENGLAND.
Ernst's birth certificate and translation
Ernst's childhood by Michael Salinger
Ernst's brothers and sister
from left to right
Kurt, Lotte, Ernst and Fritz
A poem that Ernst wrote at the age of 10
Ernst's Doctoral Thesis on the "Rights of the Unmarried Mother in German Law"
Ernst as a young man
In 1909 Ernst's first daughter was born, Ruth. I do not know the name of her mother
This picture shows Ernst sitting next to Ruth's mother and her friends - picture taken around 1915 - 1916
Ernst home on leave in Berlin with his daughter Ruth.
A letter written by Ernst in the trenches in France in 1915 to his parents
with a translation in English.
Ernst's second wife, Gertrude

Gertrude writes about her life with Ernst
Michael Salinger about the later life of Gertrud
As Ernst's practise prospered they left the parents home in Orienstrasse and moved to Karlshorst.
In the 1930's they moved again to the elegent area of Grunwald. Their house was situated close to where the Israeli Embassy is today.
Michael writes on the life of Ernst in the 1930's
Sachenhusen Concentration camp is just a 15 minutes work from the local surban railway station
The camp enterance
The infamous gates with the words "Through work to freedom"
Block 38 where Ernst was imprisoned
Prisoners clothing
Bunk beds for 150 inmates in Block 38
Eating area
Showers
2 wash basins for 150 men
Toilets for 150 men
Ernst's sister and her husband were living in Holland and request the release of Ernst from Sachensausen.
The letter from the Dutch Minister of the Interior to the Gestapo
Michael describes Ernst imprisonment and release
My mother descibes their life in England
Michael describes Ernst internment in England
Bianca and Ernst in Folkstone 1939
Their Marraige Certificate 1944
My father and I at Alexandra Palace about 1948
Ernst, Ilse [Bianca's sister] her husband Eric and me.
Epping Forest 1948
Ernst's Naturalization Certificate
Ernst Salinger
The grave of Ernst Salinger
The buisness card of Ernst Salinger
Ernst Salinger
 
 
 
 
 
 
Generation 8
My Kids
1982 -