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Chawa Frank

First name
Chawa
Last Name
Frank
Maiden name
Menaches Menkhes
Date of birth
1884/1885/1890
Place of birth
Warsaw
Gender
female
Mother's first name
Rachel Rivka
Mother's maiden name
Father's first name
Moshe
Age
52/58
In the family
wife
Marital status
married
Spouse's first name
Naftali
Occupation
merchant
Country
Poland
City
Warsaw
Street
Brukowa 32
City during the war
Warsaw
Street during the war
Gęsia 12/Wałowa 3
Notes
She was married to Naftali Frank, kohen. She was mother of Froim (Efraim), Ignacy (Icchak), Henryk (Chaim), Luzer (Eliezer), Gołda, Pola and Hela. She lived with her husband and younger children in Praga. In the ghetto, she lived with her husband in Gęsia Street with her son Froim. The husband was merciful. Every day he would bring another rabbi who was dying of hunger. After the meal, they studied Gemarah. Admonishing the wife that an infected louse could pass from a lousy poor fellow to him did not help. Eventually he fell ill with typhus. Thanks to the wonderful care of a doctor and wife, he overcame the disease. In the summer of 1942, the rest of the family moved to Froim's apartment: daughter Gołda with children, son Ignacy with his pregnant wife Hanka, son Luzer with his wife, daughters Pola and Hela, as well as the family's pre-war maid, Regina. The older son, Heniek, left the ghetto early with his wife Ida and six-year-old daughter Cela, and the smuggler took them to the camp in Janów. In July 1942, Hanka's daughter-in-law gave birth to a daughter in her apartment. The next day, Naftali took the Torah from the wardrobe and said the morning minjan prayer (10 men), the girl was named Ester Małka. On September 6, 1942, she and her family went to Muranów for a census ordered by the Germans. They found an empty apartment at 3 Wołyńska Street, where they settled. Her son Ignacy was injured in the cheek from a German bullet as he looked out the window. Froim's son developed diarrhea. She instructed her husband to bring rice for Froim, from her daughter Hela, who was in the hideout on Miła Street. When the husband went to Miła with his daughter Gołda and granddaughter Rachel / Roma, the rest of the family were taken to the Umschlagplatz. They all were murdered.
Place of death
Treblinka
Date of death
September 1942
Source

USC VHA 15078, rel. Ruchama Rachel Roth (granddaughter), USC VHA 17311 Hela Blumenthal (daughter); YVP (660343, 1922531); R. Roth, "Przysięgnij że opowiesz"

Record ID
102447
Date of inclusion in the database
12.02.2021
Date of modification
03.04.2026
Photo description
Ignacy Izaak Frank's wedding in the Warsaw Ghetto, 1941. From the left: Heniek Frank, Luzer Frank, Naftali Frank, friend NN, Genia Rotsztejn, Froim Frank, his wife Sala, the bride – Hanka Rechtleben, the groom – Icie Frank, his wife Ida Henieka, Pola Frank (in the shadow), Reginka Rywka Rotsztejn, Roma Rotsztejn, Pola's fiancé Mietek Presburger, in the front from the right: Dawid Rotsztejn, the elderly couple are Gienia Rotsztejn's parents-in-law, Szmuel Rotsztejn's parents, Gela Frank, behind her are Justynka Rotsztejn, Chawa Frank, Rutka Frank, Froim's daughter.
Source of photo (text)
USC VHA 17311 Hela Blumenthal
Family