Egon Fromm Family Collection. 1912-1987 Bulk dates: 1930-1950

The Egon Fromm Family Collection documents the lives of members of the Fromm and Heumann families, with a focus on the families of Walter Fromm and Carola Heumann, the parents of Egon Fromm. Included is family correspondence that relates to the family's emigration and search for relatives after the war. Other papers include songs and speeches from family weddings, a friendship book (album amicorum), passports and genealogy research for both branches of the family.Walter Fromm was born in Düren, Germany in 1896 to Isaak Fromm and Julia Levenbach, and was the youngest of their five sons (Fritz, Oscar, Karl, Otto and Walter). Walter Fromm became a salesman. His brother Karl had been an army pilot in World War I and in 1927 he emigrated to the United States.Carola (alternately called Karola or Karoline) Heumann was born in 1897 in Hellenthal, Germany, near Euskirchen. Her parents Samuel and Caecilie Heumann had nine children: Julius, Adolf, Rudolph (Rudolf), Joseph (Josef), Johanna, Carola, Carl, Paula (Pauline) and Lena (Lene). Carola Heumann's brothers Julius and Adolf were killed in World War I. Carola Heumann established a dry goods store in Euskirchen, where she met her husband Walter Fromm. They married in 1930 and the following year had a son, Egon. In 1933 their daughter Doris was born. Rudolph, Johanna and Carl Heumann perished in the Holocaust along with most members of their families in spite of spending several years attempting to emigrate; only Carl Heumann's daughter Margot survived deportation and stays in several concentration camps.Karl Fromm aided the immigration of some Fromm and Heumann family members in obtaining visas for the United States before his death in 1939, including his brother Walter's family. In 1938 Walter, Carola and their children emigrated and settled in Newark, New Jersey. Carola Fromm died in 1980, Walter in 1984.A photo album with photographs of military scenes in World War I has been removed to the LBI Photogtaph Collection, ALB 170.digitize