Alice Aufrichtig-Frankl performed under the stage name Liesl Frank. She came with her husband, a dancer and choreographer, in 1936 to the Netherlands and was employed in The Hague in the German-speaking Fritz Hirsch Operetta which actually functioned as the national operetta company. Liesl Frank also performed together with other ensembles, such as that of Rudolf Nelson and Willy Rosen's Prominente. After 1940 she acted also in the Hollandsche Schouwburg. In Westerbork she sang and acted in performances during the summer of 1944. During the evacuation of Westerbork on 4 September 1944 Liesl Frank and most of her colleagues were deported to Theresienstadt. She died in Christianstadt, a work camp where only women were housed nearby Gross-Rosen concentration camp.
Katja B. Zaich, Ich bitte dringend um ein Happyend. Deutsche Bühnenkünstler im niederländischen Exil 1933-1945. (Frankfurt am Main, 2001), 34-36; 204; 230.
Alice Frankl, a singer and a dancer, used the stage name Liesl Frank, and has also been listed in files as Alice Frankel.
Her stage credits include:
- 1936-38 Fritz Hirsch Troupe and various Dutch operetta projects;
- February-March 1939 Rudolf Nelson Revue;
- June-August 1940, January 1941, June 1941, October 1941- February 1942 Kabarett der Prominente;
- June 1942 Joodse Schouwburg;
- March-April 1944, June 1944 Westerbork stage troupe.
She was deported to Theresienstadt and on to Auschwitz on 4 October 1944. From Auschwitz she was among those forced to march to Christianstadt, where she died.
In 1999, Liesl made her CD debut with the release of her 1939 recording Männer, Männer, Männer!
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