Hartog Frank

Hartog Frank was the youngest son of Levie Frank and Henderina Cohen. He was born on 29 May 1908 in Rotterdam and was employed there as a managing clerk. He married in Rotterdam on 2 March 1934 to the Polish Estera Laja Icowicz from Wieruszow, a daughter of Abe Wolf Ickowicz and Chene Schmulewiecz. The couple had one son, Louis Salomon Frank, who was born in Rotterdam on 9 June 1935.

Hartog’s wife…

This transport included 1000 persons, of whom 172 children younger than  16 years. It was Compiled from 7 August and a week later, on 14 August, the 1000^th name was registered, It became increasingly difficult to reach the predetermined number of each transport and at the same time to respect the transport calendar. More and more people are rejecting the “mandatory employment”. The convoy is compl…

According to the "Sterbebücher" (death records) of Auschwitz, Hartog Frank was killed there on 11 September 1942. This date is different from the official date of death of 17 August 1942, as determined by the Dutch Ministry of Justice after the war. For the time being, the website joodsmonument.nl, list only the dates of death, as published in the State Newspaper (Staatscourant) by the Ministry of…

Op 6 augustus controleert een douanebeambte van de grenspost Baisieux enkele personen op de trein Brussel- Rijssel (Lille) die hem door hun nerveuze gedrag verdacht voorkomen. Hij sommeert de vier volwassenen en een kind met hem mee te komen. Het blijkt dat het om een groepje Joodse vluchtelingen uit Rotterdam gaat van wie niemand de Jodenster draagt.

Een van hen is Estera Frank-Ickowicz die met h…