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Rosa Holländer-Stern

Rosa Holländer-Stern was the mother of Edith Frank and the grandmother of Margot and Anne.

Person

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  • Rosalie Holländer - Stern
  • Born on: Dec. 25, 1866
  • Born in: Bad Schwalbach, Duitsland
  • Died on: Jan. 29, 1942
  • Died in: Amsterdam, Nederland

Paspoortfoto van Rosa Höllander-Stern, 8 februari 1939

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Rosa Holländer-Stern was the mother of Edith Frank-Holländer and the grandmother of Margot and Anne.[1] She married Abraham Holländer on 19 July 1893 in Bad Schwalbach. The marriage ended when he died on 19 January 1927.[2] In 1933 Rosa Holländer was living with her sons Walter and Julius Holländer at Monheimsallee 42 - 44 in Aachen.[3] Their previous house was on Liebfrauenstrasse, which was renamed Else Brandströmstrasse in 1937. There are a couple of photos of the house, taken by Dineke Stam in 1995.[4] This is where Edith, Margot and Anne stayed before they moved to Amsterdam. Edith went to Amsterdam in September 1933, Margot followed in December and Anne in February 1934.[5] Otto Frank's family ticket from Frankfurt am Main states: Frau nach Aachen zuruck (undated).[6] In early April 1935 Rosa Holländer-Stern moved with both of her sons to Pastorplatz 1. The address is listed in the Aachen address book, and correpsondence suggests that the move took place in the spring of 1935: Anfang April muss meine Mutter umziehen, wenn’s geht, möchte ich ihr gern helfen.[7]

On 14 September 1938 (therefore shortly before the November pogrom of Kristallnacht), Otto and Edith Frank asked the Minister of Justice to permit Rosa Holländer to come to the Netherlands. Permission was granted on 17 November 1938, on condition that neither Julius nor Walter came to the Netherlands. However, she didn't want to leave Germany until her sons were safe. A letter from Otto Frank to the Office of Border Control indicates that she entered the country on 24 March 1939 via the Dutch town of Simpelveld.[8]  

After her death, an obituary was placed in the American magazine Aufbau by her children Walter, Julius and Edith and son-in-law Otto Frank.[9] Otto and Edith Frank also placed an advert in the Joodsche Weekblad to express gratitude for all condolences received.[10]

Source personal data.[2] Addresses: Monheimsallee 42-44, Aachen;[11] Pastorplatz 1;[12] Merwedeplein 37 II.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 16 June 1942, 2 and 28 September 1942, 3rd, 29 December 1943, 3 March 1944 and 12 March 1944, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  2. a, b, c Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart R. Stern.
  3. ^ Aachener Adressbuch 1932 en 1933 (kopie bij Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), afd. Collecties, map: naslagwerk telefoon- adresboeken).
  4. ^ Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), afd. Collecties, map documentatie familie Frank & Holländer.
  5. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 16 June 1942, in: The Collected Works.
  6. ^ Institut für Stadtgeschichte, Frankfurt am Main, Null-Kartei Kaste Nr.451: Gezinskaart Otto Frank (kopie bij: AFS, afd. Collecties, Collectie in handen van derden, Instellingen Buitenland).
  7. ^ AFS, Anne Frank Collectie, reg. code A_Getuigen_I_090: Edith Frank aan Gertrud Naumann, 26 maart 1935.
  8. ^ Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Rijksvreemdelingendienst en rechtsvoorgangers, toegangsnr. 2.09.45, inv. nr. 227: Commissaris van Politie Amsterdam aan Procureur-Generaal, 29 oktober 1938; Rapport Gemeentepolitie Amsterdam, 25 oktober 1938; Secretaris-generaal van Justitie Van Angeren aan Procureur-Generaal, 17 november 1938; Otto Frank aan Bureau Grensbewaking, 22 maart 1939.
  9. ^ Aufbau, Vol. VIII, nr. 14, 3 april 1942.
  10. ^ Het Joodsche Weekblad, 27 februari 1942.
  11. ^ Aachener Adressbuch unter Benutzung amtlicher Quellen 1934, p. 192.
  12. ^ Aachener Adressbuch, 1936, p. 151.