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Sala Sara Frank

First name
Sala Sara
Last Name
Frank
Maiden name
Mendelson
Date of birth
1906
Place of birth
Zgierz
Gender
female
Mother's first name
Rut
Mother's maiden name
Father's first name
Noach
Age
36
In the family
daughter in law
Marital status
married
Spouse's first name
Efraim
Occupation
Country
Poland
City
Warsaw
Street
City during the war
Warsaw
Street during the war
Gęsia 12
Notes
She married Froim Frank. They had two children: Rutka (1936) and Mosze (1938/39). They lived at 12 Gęsia Street. Their apartment was placed in the ghetto. Her husband's parents, Chawa and Naftali Franks, lived with them. In the ghetto, my husband worked in a tailor's shop, learning to sew on a machine. In the summer of 1942, for a lot of money, the husband arranged for the whole family ausweis from the Toebbensa factory at 16 Gęsia Street. Her husband's sister, Gołda Rothskin with four children (Rachel/Roma, Jehudit/Justyna, Rywka/Regina and Dawidek), brother Ignacy, moved to them with his wife Hanka, who was pregnant, brother Luzer with his wife and Regina, their parents' pre-war maid. Froim and Ignacy made a hiding place in the apartment. The door leading from the dining room to the bedroom was blocked by a wardrobe. A masked opening was cut in the back of the wardrobe. Winter coats, suits, dresses, etc. were hung densely in the wardrobe. One of the residents had a permanent observation duty at the window. One day Luzer and his wife went to their wife's parents for the Sabbath, they never came back. The husband was still working in the szop [ghetto factory]. The rest of the family spent most of their time in the hideout. One day the servant Regina went to the store. Since she had not returned for a long time, Sala went looking for her. She did not come back.
Place of death
Treblinka
Date of death
September 1942
Source

YVP (1242922); R. Roth, "Przysięgnij że opowiesz"; USC VHA 15078, rel. Ruchama Rachel Roth, 17311 Hela Blumenthal

Record ID
106546
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