Salomon Zaligman junior was a son of Salomon Zaligman senior and Henderjetta Wijnberg. He was Philippus Zaligman's half brother.
Salomon Zaligman married Evelina Froukje Wilda in Coevorden on 29 October 1924. The couple moved to Dwingeloo, where they opened a clothes shop. In 1933 they moved to Meppel, where Salomon and his half brother Philippus ran the De Horizon textile shop.
Salomon Zaligman and his wife had three daughters: Hindrejette, Hendrika Salientje and Miena. Salomon owned an automobile, which he used to bring his wares to customers in the area of Meppel.
His three daughters, who all attended school, had to transfer to a school for Jewish students from the start of the 1941-1942 academic year. Hindrejette and Hendrika, who had been enrolled at the Meppel state commercial secondary school, had to attend the Jewish secondary school in Zwolle. Miena was in the third grade of primary school; only in February 1942 did a primary school for Jewish students open in Meppel, and was Miena able to return to school again.
Salomon Zaligman was arrested by the Meppel police on Saturday afternoon, 20 June 1942, by order of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) and accused of selling confiscated items. These were goods from his own shop, which the Nazis had seized. He was held at the Meppel police station and transferred to the Sicherheitspolizei office in Assen Monday morning, 22 June 1942. On 3 July he was taken from Assen to Westerbork, from where he was deported to Auschwitz on 16 July.
Salomon‘s wife Evelina Froukje and their children Hindrejette, Hendrika Salientje and Miena were taken from their home in the night of 2 to 3 October 1942 and deported to Auschwitz via Westerbork.
Th. Rinsema, 'De familie Zaligman. Het “gezicht” van een joodse familie uit Meppel', Waardeel. Drents Historisch Tijdschrift jrg 22 (2002) nr 3, 16-19
In addition, a Jokos file (number 16394) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk. The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 13424/12486).