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B. Holländer Rohproduktenhandlung

B. Holländer Rohproduktenhandlung was a company owned by the Holländer family from Aachen.

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Nieuws van den Dag voor Ned. I., 3 maart 1917

B. Holländer Rohproduktenhandlung was located on Grünerweg, Aachen.[1] According to an advertisement in the 1914 address book, the firm B. Holländer was founded in 1858.[1] In 1914, Abraham Holländer was the owner. The company was located at  Aachen-Nord Station at the time. It traded in scrap and old metal, machinery and parts, steam boilers, other appliances and semi-finished products, and carried out breakage of industrial plants. Forging and rolling work was performed on commission. The company also traded in waste paper, rags and scrap metal.[1] Josef Holländer, Abraham's brother-in-law and husband of Lina Holländer, had a similar business, according to the same source.

  • In 1897, the address book listed its business address as Jülicherstrasse, without number (am Bahnhof). This was also the case in 1899 and 1900. From 1901 to 1911, Abraham Holländer, Comptoir und Lager, Jülicherstraße 18 was listed.[2]
  • In 1917, the company advertised for foremen and mine superintendents in the Kölner Zeitung. These were to lead 'large columns of workers' who were to carry out extensive work in occupied northern France. The German War Ministry was the client and the columns consisted of prisoners of war.[3]
  • In 1924, in addition to the branch in Aachen, there were branches in Cologne and Hannover-Osterwald. There was also an advertisement in that year's address book, but compared to 1914 it was slightly smaller.[4] In 1929, the ad in the address book was even smaller than in the previous year.[5] And in 1932, there was no ad at all. However, Julius and Walter Holländer were both still listed as Kaufmann.[6]

The company B. Holländer Rohproduktenhandlung was deleted from the Trade Register in 1938.[7] Whether this happened before or after Kristallnacht is not clear from the sources. What is certain, however, is that in the weeks after Kristallnacht, Edith's mother and both brothers left Aachen for good.

The B. Holländer firm had a branch in Cologne headed by Ernst Holländer, a relative.[7]

Footnotes

  1. a, b, c Advertentie in Aachener Adressbuch unter Benutzung amtlicher Quellen 1914.
  2. ^ E-mail Angela Pauels, Stadtarchiv Aachen, 6 oktober 2009 (Anne Frank Stichting, afd. Collecties, Documenten naar taxonomie Edith Frank).
  3. ^ "Het verboden werk der krijgsgevangenen", Nieuws van den Dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië, 9 juni 1917.
  4. ^  Aachener Adressbuch 1924-1925.
  5. ^  Aachener Adressbuch 1929.
  6. ^  Aachener Adressbuch 1932.
  7. a, b “Verzeichnis” der Regierung Aachen abgemeldete bzw. arisierte Betriebe, in: Herbert Lepper, Von der Emanzipation zum Holocaust. Die Israelitische Synagogengemeinde zu Aachen 1801-1942, Aachen: Verlag der Mayer'schen Buchhandlung, 1994, p. 1658.