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Paul Wonker

Paul Wronker rented a room from the Frank family on the Merwedeplein.

Person

  • Paul Wronker
  • Born on: Dec. 16, 1903
  • Born in: Lissa, Duitsland
  • Died on: July 16, 1943
  • Died in: Sobibor

Paul Wronker rented a room from the Frank famly from 28 May 1940 to 13 March 1941.[1] On 22 July 1942 he married Rosel Goldschmidt. Fritz Pfeffer was a witness at the ceremony.[2] Anne wrote in her diary on 20 October 1942 that he and his wife had been sent to Poland. Two days later she wrote that they had been recalled, and that Miep went to visit them.[3]On 25 May 1943 he and his wife went to Camp Vught, and from there to Westerbork on 2 July 1943 .[4]  Philip Mechanicus gives a short characterisation of the arrival of sixteen hundred people at Westerbork on this day.[5]   

In an undated post-war letter, Otto Frank writes to his family in Basel that after the departure of Ernst Katz Paul Wronker had lived with them for a while.[6] He described the relationship with Wronker as good and even friendly. Otto called him a "lieber anständiger Mensch", but also "ein weicher Type". The letter reveals that Alice Frank-Stern received money from Wronker's uncle in Switzerland, for which Otto Frank gave Wronker the equivalent currency in Amsterdam. Now that the war had ended, Otto wanted this paid back because he desperately needed the money.[7]

Source personal data.[8]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Stadsarchief (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Woningkaarten, inv. nr. 230: Woningkaart Merwedeplein 37 II.
  2. ^ SAA, Burgerlijke Stand (toegang 5009), inv. nr. 6753: huwelijksakten 1942, deel 45, 13f, akte 21.
  3. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 20 and 22 October 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  4. ^ International Tracing Service (ITS), Bad Arolsen, 1.1.12.2: individuele documenten kamp Herzogenbusch, Paul Israel Wronker.
  5. ^ Philp Mechanicus, In depot. Dagboek uit Westerbork van Philip Mechanicus, Amsterdam, Polak & van Gennep, 1964, p. 66.
  6. ^ Hij wordt herkenbaar opgevoerd in één van Annes verhaaltjes. Anne Frank, Verhaaltjes en gebeurtenissen uit het Achterhuis, "Pension- of huurgasten"., 15 oktober 1943, in: Verzameld werk.
  7. ^ Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Collectie, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_071: Ongedateerd schrijven, waarschijnlijk zomer '45.
  8. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart P. Wronker; Joods Monument: Paul Wronker.