Oma Holländer in the Netherlands
In March 1939, Rosalie Holländer-Stern, Anne and Margot Frank's grandmother, came to live with the family at Merwedeplein in Amsterdam. She stayed with them until her death in January 1942.
In the late summer of 1938, Edith Frank-Holländer and her husband applied to the Dutch government for her mother's admission to the Netherlands. However, in May of that year, the government had closed the borders and the application was rejected. Only because of the so-called November pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht, an additional seven thousand refugees were granted permission to come to the Netherlands. On 17 November 1938, Rosa Holländer received her permit, albeit on the condition that her sons Julius and Walter would not try to join her in the Netherlands.[1]
Since she did not want to leave Germany before her sons were safe, it was not until the end of March of the following year before she moved to the Netherlands. On 24 March 1939, she entered the Netherlands at Simpelveld train station.[2] She lived with her daughter's family until she died on 29 January 1942.[3]
Footnotes
- ^ Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, (NL-HaNA), Rijksvreemdelingendienst en rechtsvoorgangers, toegangsnr. 2.09.45, inv. nr. 227: secretaris-generaal van Justitie Van Angeren aan Procureur-Generaal, 17 november 1938.
- ^ NL-HaNA, Rijksvreemdelingendienst, inv. nr. 227: Otto Frank aan Bureau Grensbewaking, 22 maart 1939.
- ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten, toegang 30238: Archiefkaart R.S. Stern.