Return Otto Frank: Katowice

On 5 March 1945, Otto Frank travelled from Auschwitz to Kattowitz (Katowice). There, on 22 March, he heard from Rosa de Winter-Levy that his wife Edith had died. Otto wrote in his notebook: 22. Mrs. De Winter, Zutphen Message of death of Edith on 6. Jan. 45 in hospital from weakness without suffering.[1] It was a message that, Otto wrote in a letter to his mother on 28 March, had hit him "so hard", "that I am not quite the same".[2] His only hope now was that his daughters were still alive. In his notebook, Otto noted that he had heard from Rosa de Winter-Levy that his daughters had left Auschwitz in October.[3] In late March 1945, the Dutch staying in Katowice were summoned to Chernivtsi, where they arrived after six days of train travel.[4] Footnotes ^ AFS, AFC, OFA, reg. code OFA_040: Notitieboekje 1945, 22 maart. ^ Origineel citaat: ‘Viel kann ich nicht schreiben, denn die Nachricht von Edith’s Tod am 6. I. 45, die ich jetzt erhielt, hat mich doch so getroffen, dass ich nicht ganz der Alte bin.’ AFS, AFC, OFA, inv.nr. 17, Otto Frank aan Alice Frank-Stern, 23 februari 1945. ^ Von Benda-Beckmann, Na het Achterhuis, p.304-305. En, AFS, AFC, OFA, reg. code OFA_040: Notitieboekje 1945. ^ Von Benda-Beckmann, Na het Achterhuis, p.305. Rosa de Winter-Levy, Aan de gaskamer ontsnapt! Het satanswerk van de S.S.: relaas van het lijden in de bevrijding uit het concentratiekamp "Birkenau" bij Auschwitz, Doetinchem: Misset, 1945, p.38-39.

Return Otto Frank: Katowice

On 5 March 1945, Otto Frank travelled from Auschwitz to Kattowitz (Katowice). There, on 22 March, he heard from Rosa de Winter-Levy that his wife Edith had died. Otto wrote in his notebook: 22. Mrs. De Winter, Zutphen Message of death of Edith on 6. Jan. 45 in hospital from weakness without suffering.[1] It was a message that, Otto wrote in a letter to his mother on 28 March, had hit him "so hard", "that I am not quite the same".[2] His only hope now was that his daughters were still alive. In his notebook, Otto noted that he had heard from Rosa de Winter-Levy that his daughters had left Auschwitz in October.[3] In late March 1945, the Dutch staying in Katowice were summoned to Chernivtsi, where they arrived after six days of train travel.[4] Footnotes ^ AFS, AFC, OFA, reg. code OFA_040: Notitieboekje 1945, 22 maart. ^ Origineel citaat: ‘Viel kann ich nicht schreiben, denn die Nachricht von Edith’s Tod am 6. I. 45, die ich jetzt erhielt, hat mich doch so getroffen, dass ich nicht ganz der Alte bin.’ AFS, AFC, OFA, inv.nr. 17, Otto Frank aan Alice Frank-Stern, 23 februari 1945. ^ Von Benda-Beckmann, Na het Achterhuis, p.304-305. En, AFS, AFC, OFA, reg. code OFA_040: Notitieboekje 1945. ^ Von Benda-Beckmann, Na het Achterhuis, p.305. Rosa de Winter-Levy, Aan de gaskamer ontsnapt! Het satanswerk van de S.S.: relaas van het lijden in de bevrijding uit het concentratiekamp "Birkenau" bij Auschwitz, Doetinchem: Misset, 1945, p.38-39.