Ann Strauss-Salfield collection

Ann Strauss-Salfield collection 

Ann Strauss-Salfield (1922-1996) was born Anneliese Babette Schloss on 2 March 1922 in Stuttgart, Germany to Lini (1896-1929) and Joseph (1888-1937) Schloss. Joseph owned a business selling sausage casings to butchers. After Lini’s death in 1929 Ann’s father Joseph got remarried to Bella Strassburger (1895-1942), whom also had a daughter, Margrit (1932-1942). Ann immigrated to England in 1939, and lived in London while trying to obtain a visa to immigrate to the United States. She was in a long-distance relationship with Milton Strauss, whom she was distantly related. They began dating before the war, and corresponded extensively before she received a visa and immigrated to the United States in early 1944. She settled in New York, and Ann and Milton married on 29 April 1944. They had two sons: Monty (b. 1945) and Larry (1947-1978). After Milton’s death in 1954, Ann got remarried to Alfred Salfield (1914-1989) in 1955. They had one daughter, Susie (b. 1957). Ann’s stepmother and stepsister both perished in the Riga ghetto in 1942. Milton Strauss (1907-1954) was born on 1 December 1907 in Oberdorf, Germany to Moritz Strauss (1870-1934) and Rosa Falk (1880-1940). He had three siblings: Berta, Alfred, and Stefan. He emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1936. His mother left Germany shortly before the start of the war and arrived in New York on 7 September 1939. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. His siblings Berta and Alfred both survived the Holocaust, but his brother Stefan was deported to the Riga ghetto where he perished. 

Ann Strauss-Salfield collection