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Albert Dreher

Anton Dreher and his wife were acquaintances of Otto Frank from Frankfurt am Main.

Person

  • Albert Anton Dreher
  • Born on: Aug. 2, 1863
  • Born in: Frankfurt am Main, Duitsland
  • Died on: Jan. 26, 1943
  • Died in: Omgeving Auschwitz

Anton Dreher married Minni Löwenstein on 16 April 1913 in Frankfurt.[1] In the early 1920s, he and Jacob Frank were involved in the Banque Commerciale in Luxembourg.[2] Banker, partner in the firm of Dreher & Uhry.[3] Dreher and his wife were old acquaintances of Otto Frank from Frankfurt am Main. Until he went into hiding, Otto Frank had weekly contact with Dreher and his wife.[4] All the office workers also knew Dreher.[5] On 6 September 1938, he was deprived of his 'deutschen Staatsangehörigkeit'.[6]

Albert died on the 26th of January 1943 in or near Auschwitz.[1] 

Source personal data.[1] Addresses: Bockenheimer Landstrasse 17, Frankfurt am Main;[3] Arndtstrasse 33;[7] Willemsparkweg, Amsterdam (at various house numbers, ’37-’41); Michelangelostraat 39 huis (’41-’42).[1]

Footnotes

  1. a, b, c, d Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart A.A. Dreher.
  2. ^ Mémorial de Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, 17 mei 1922 (www.legilux.lu).
  3. a, b Adressbuch Frankfurt am Main 1924.
  4. ^ Anne mentions him a few times in her diary. Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 25 September 1942 (3rd) en 7 October 1942 (1st); Version B, 25 September 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  5. ^ Familiearchief Anne Frank-Fonds, Bazel, Otto Frank, AFF_OtF_corr_13, Otto Frank aan S. Hummel, 23 augustus 1945.
  6. ^  Hans Georg Lehmann & Michael Hepp (Einl.), Die Ausbürgerung deutscher Staatsangehöriger 1933 – 45 nach den im Reichsanzeiger veröffentlichten Listen. Band 1. Listen in chronologischer Reihenfolge, München: Saur, 1985, p. 74.
  7. ^ Adressbuch Frankfurt am Main 1930.