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First name
Efraim Froim
Last Name
Frank
Maiden name
Date of birth
1904
Place of birth
Warsaw
Gender
male
Mother's first name
Chawa
Mother's maiden name
Menaches
Father's first name
Naftali
Age
38
In the family
son
Marital status
married
Spouse's first name
Sara Sala
Occupation
merchant
Country
Poland
City
Warsaw
Street
City during the war
Warsaw
Street during the war
Gęsia 12
Notes
He, his wife Sala, daughter Rutka (born around 1936) and son Mojsze (born 1938/1939) lived in Gęsia Street. Their apartment ended up in the ghetto. His parents, Chawa and Naftali Franks, lived with him. In the ghetto, he worked in a tailor's shop, learning to sew on a machine. In the summer of 1942, for a lot of money, he secured ausweis for the whole family from the Toebbensa factory at 16 Gęsia Street. His sister Gołda Rothskin with four children, brother Ignacy with his wife Hanka, who was pregnant, brother Luzer with his wife and a pre-war servant to his parents, Regina, moved to him. 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. They cut a hidden hole 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 rest of the family continued to work in the szop [ghetto factory]. On September 6, 1942, when the Germans called the Jews from the ghetto to register, they appeared in Muranów. Froim was against it, he believed that they should hide. He succumbed to the rest of the family. They found an empty three-room flat on the fourth floor, Wołyńska 3. He suffered from diarrhea. His mother, Chawa, instructed her husband, Naftali, to bring rice for Froim from the daughter of Hela, who was in the hideout on Miła Street. Sister Gołda and her daughter Roma went with her father. During their absence, everyone from the building was displaced and taken to the Umschlagplatz. He, his wife, children and the rest of the family died in Treblinka.
Place of death
Treblinka
Date of death
September 1942
Source

USC VHA 15078, rel. Ruchama Rachel Roth (niece), USC VHA 17311 Hela Blumenthal (sister); YVP (1242836); R. Roth, "Przysięgnij że opowiesz"

Record ID
106542
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