White goods store Joseph Fränkel

The textile merchant Joseph Fränkel, born 18.06.1888, ran a white goods business at Leubener Str. 2. He was married to Ida Fränkel, widowed Steinhart. Ida had two children from her first marriage, Alfred and Herta. Joseph and Ida Fränkel were taken to the Hellerberg Jewish camp on November 23/24, 1942. Both had to perform forced labor in the Goehle factory, a Zeiss Ikon AG factory. On March 2, 1943, the camp was dissolved and all the inmates, including Joseph and Ida Fränkel, were deported from Neustadt station to Auschwitz. Both were presumably murdered there immediately after their arrival on March 3. Their son Alfred also died in Auschwitz, their daughter managed to emigrate.