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WALTER FRANKENSTEIN

WALTER FRANKENSTEIN

ZLOTÓW/POLAND 1924

ESCAPE TO BERLIN ORPHANAGE MET HIS WIFE THERE WENT IN HIDING AFTER WEDDING SONS BORN IN HIDEOUT MIGRATION TO PALESTINE MOVED TO SWEDEN

In 1936 he fled from his hometown in West Prussia to Berlin and found shelter in the orphanage “Auerbach‘sches Waisenhaus“

Here he met Leonie Rosner

They got married in 1942

Shortly after their wedding, they had to go in hiding in Berlin

Their two sons were born in the hiding place

In 1946 the family migrated to Palestine and in 1956 they settled in Sweden

Lest We Forget Berlin 08-02-2017