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Erich Holländer

Erich Holländer was a cousin of Edith Frank

Person

  • Erich Holländer
  • Born on: Dec. 24, 1897
  • Born in: Eschweiler, Duitsland
  • Died on: June 15, 1972
  • Died in: Heerlen, Nederland

Erich Holländer was a cousin of Edith Frank-Holländer.[1] He was a son of Caroline 'Lina' Hollander (1869-1942),[2] a sister Edith's father. Caroline was married to her cousin Joseph Holländer (1871-1935),[2] a son of Moises Holländer, in his turn a brother of Abraham's father Benjamin. Just like his cousin and brother-in-law Abraham and his brother Benjamin, of the fiim B. Holländer & Söhne in Stolberg, Josef owned a compnay that traded in scrap iron, steel and other metals, steam boilers, machins and other equipment.

Lina and Joseph Holländer initially lived in Eschweiler-Röthgen, where their six children – Irma, Erich, Henriette, Dina (Ilse), Eugen and Elsbeth – were born.[3] Around 1905 the family moved to Aachen.

The Aachen Standesamt declared on 19 May 1934 that Erich Holländer and Ilse Grünberg intended to marry.[4] The groom lived in Vaals and the bride in Aachen.[5] The marriage remained childless.

After the death of his father Josef in 1935, his company fell into the hands of Erich, but the company was closed down in March 1937. In 1937, he started his own company, N.V. IJzerwerk (Ironworks Ltd.) in Spekholzerheide near Heerlen in Limburg.[4]

In August 1942, the Holländer couple was called up for labour. They managed to escape by going into hiding.[6]

In autumn 1944, the south of the Netherlands was liberated. The whole IJzerwerk company was gone, but Erich Holländer rebuilt everything "from the ground up".[7] In 1948 he obtained Dutch nationality.[8]

His company manufactured, among other things, packing irons and struts for the mining industry. It advertised with these in various magazines.[9] In 1968, mining company N.V. Laura en Vereeniging entered into a partnership with IJzerwerk.[10] The company then had two hundred employees. Erich Holländer remained a director.[11]

Source personal data.[12] Addresses: Maastrichterlaan 33, Vaals;[5] Bekkerweg 112, Heerlen.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Collectie, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_051V: Kartotheekkaartje van Otto Frank t.n.v. Erich Holländer.
  2. a, b Familienbuch Euregio: Caroline en Joseph Holländer.
  3. ^ Familienbuch Euregio: Caroline en Joseph Holländer. Irma en Henriette worden daar niet genoemd als dochters van Caroline en Joseph, maar wel op FamilySearch.
  4. a, b Familienbuch Euregio: Erich Holländer.
  5. a, b “Aufgebot”, Limburger Koerier, 22 mei 1934. Ook in: Aachener Anzeiger, 22 mei 1934.
  6. ^ Fiet van Rooij-Trienekens, Joden in Heerlen in de Tweede Wereldoorlog, Beek-Ubbergen: De Rozet, [1998], p. 30.
  7. ^ ’t Verkeer aan de Locht is overbelast”, Limburgs Dagblad, 7 november 1963.
  8. ^ Handelingen Tweede Kamer, 1947-1948, p. 567.
  9. ^ Advertentie, Steenkool. Bedrijfstijdschrift voor de Nederlandse steenkolenmijnen, 15 mei 1950; idem, Nieuw Israelitisch Weekblad, 9 mei 1958.
  10. ^ Laura Metaal: Onze historie.
  11. ^ “Mijn Laura en Hollander zullen samenwerken", Limburgs Dagblad, 22 juli 1967.
  12. ^ Handelingen Tweede Kamer, 1947–1948, Bijlagen 731, 1-3; Overlijdensadvertentie, Limburgs Dagblad, 16 juni 1972.

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Limburger Koerier, 22 mei 1934