Salinger, Marianne, 1923-

Simcha Ginsburg (1832-1899) and his wife, Golde Arkin (1831-1867) had a wholesale business importing herring and exporting wood in Grodno. The couple had seven children. One of their daughters, Mesche (Marie) was married to Benjamin Vishniak and mother of journalist and writer Mark Vishniak (1883–1977), who fled from Russia and later joined the editorial board of Time Magazine as a consultant on Russian affairs during World War II.

Simcha and Golde Ginsburg's youngest son, Albert (1866-1927), moved to Berlin, where he worked for the firm Gebrueder Kristeller and eventually became partner. He married Selma Heymann (1871-1938) and had two daughters with her: Trude (1895-1995) and Lotte (1898-1919), who died from a sudden illness at the age of 20.

Trude married Walter Salinger (1882-1958), who had served in World War I. The couple had two children, Marianne (1923- ) and Fred (Fritz) (1922-1994). After 1933, Trude discovered some distant cousins in New York and managed to obtain an affidavit of support, which allowed the family to immigrate to the United States. In March 1939 Trude and her children left Berlin for the Netherlands and England where they waited for the papers. In June of 1939 they arrived in the U.S. and settled in Kew Gardens. Trude and Walter Salinger separated. He eventually moved to California and died on a trip to Germany in Bad Kissingen, where he is buried.

Their son, Fred, served in the United States army in World War II, and graduated from Pennsylvania Military College with a degree in engineering. He died of lung cancer at the age of 72. His sister Marianne Salinger went to Paris in 1949 to live with Jacques and Nina Gunsbourg, the children of Simon Ginsburg and Annemarie Oppenheimer, who had perished in Auschwitz, as well as their paternal uncle Matwei Ginsburg. Back in New York, Marianne attended Cooper Union School for Design in Manhattan and opened her own design studio in Forest Hills. In the course of her career, she produced a variety of creative work, including patented household products, custom-made windows displays, stage design for show productions, as well as store decorations. Upon her retirement she started volunteering for the Leo Baeck Institute.

From the guide to the Marianne Salinger Collection, 1878-2005, bulk 1910-1970, (Leo Baeck Institute)