Seymour, Michael.

Epithet: Rear-Admiral; Captain of the Baltic Fleet; GCB 1859

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Epithet: Curate of Ballinrobe

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Ernst Solinger was born on March 2, 1913 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany to Max Solinger and his wife Else née Silberstein. He grew up in Aschaffenburg, where his father ran a men’s clothing manufacturing business. Ernst immigrated to the United States via England in 1939 and settled in New York, where he worked as a photographer. He later changed his name to Earl Seymour.

Ernst’s wife, Martha Vogel, was born in Aschaffenburg on July 24, 1917 to Max Vogel and Sophie Henriette Vogel née Bachrach. Martha left Germany for Paris, France and then immigrated to the United States in 1939. She and Ernst reunited in New York and married in February of 1941.

Once in the United States, Ernst and Martha made efforts to sponsor the immigration of Ernst’s parents Max and Else Solinger and Sophie Henriette Vogel to the United States, but they were denied visas. They then attempted to secure Cuban visas for their parents in 1941, but these efforts were likewise unsuccessful. By 1943, Max and Else Solinger had been taken to Theresienstadt. Although their exact fates are not known, Max and Else Solinger and Sophie Henriette Vogel perished in the Holocaust.

Ernst and Martha Solinger began claiming restitution for their parents beginning in 1948. Ernst reclaimed family property in Aschaffenburg between 1948 and 1950. Both he and Martha made restitution claims as the heirs of their parents, and at least some of these claims were successful.

From the guide to the Ernst Solinger Family Collection, 1915-1998, (Leo Baeck Institute)

Epithet: Admiral

Title: 2nd Baronet

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Epithet: Admiral GCB, son of Rear-Adm Sir Michael Seymour

Title: 1st Baronet

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Epithet: Rear-Admiral

Title: 1st Baronet

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