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Benjamin Frank

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1 Apr 1892 - 28 Nov 1942

  • OCCUPATION: Medical Doctor
  • BIRTH: 1 Apr 1892, Hilversum
  • DEATH: 28 Nov 1942, Auschwitz
Father: Meijer Frank
Mother: Henriette de Haan

Family 1 : Judith Vecht
  • MARRIAGE: 26 Mar 1919, Amsterdam
  1.  Dina Henriette Frank
  2. +Rudolf Frank 
                                                  _Jacob Salomon Frank _________+
                                                 | (1786 - ....) m 1815         
                       _Salomon Frank ___________|
                      | (1819 - ....) m 1846     |
                      |                          |_Mietje Hartog Kargoo ________
                      |                            (1787 - ....) m 1815         
 _Meijer Frank _______|
| (1850 - ....) m 1873|
|                     |                           _Meijer Krant ________________
|                     |                          | (1786 - ....) m 1821         
|                     |_Rachel Krant ____________|
|                       (1824 - ....) m 1846     |
|                                                |_Judith van Spier ____________+
|                                                  (1801 - ....) m 1821         
|
|--Benjamin Frank 
|  (1892 - 1942)
|                                                 _Philip Joseph de Haan _______
|                                                | (1777 - 1834) m 1818         
|                      _Joseph Philip de Haan ___|
|                     | (1808 - 1888) m 1835     |
|                     |                          |_Beletje Benjamin Mol ________+
|                     |                            (1785 - 1864) m 1818         
|_Henriette de Haan __|
  (1851 - 1928) m 1873|
                      |                           _Isaac van Praag Pigeon Rofe _+
                      |                          | (1764 - 1828) m 1804         
                      |_Duifje van Praag Pigeon _|
                        (1809 - 1865) m 1835     |
                                                 |_Lotje Jacob Ouderkerk _______
                                                   (1779 - 1842) m 1804

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Benjamin Frank studied medicine in Amsterdam. He graduated on 26 November 1916. In April 1942 he moved in Amsterdam from 22 Vijzelstraat to 139 Maasstraat.
Benjamin Frank was a well-known chess player. He was a member of the Vereenigd Amsterdamsch Schaak Genootschap. In 1924 he won the Van Dien Cup (best game of the season).
J.H. Coppenhagen, Anafiem Gedoëiem. "Overleden Joodse Artsen uit Nederland 1940-1945" (Rotterdam 2000).
L.G. Eggink en W.A.T. Schelfhout "Partij verloren - Gedenkboek ter herinnering aan de schakers in Nederland, die tijdens de bezetting heengingen" (Amsterdam 1947).

Wife has survived the war.
Two children living with their parents survived the war.

Source: Digital Monument to the Jewish Community in the Netherlands