Elfriede Geiringer

February 13, 1905 (age 93)

Vienna, Austria

She was the second wife of Otto Frank, who was the father of Anne and Margot Frank. The family fled first to Belgium and then to the Netherlands in 1938, where they settled down as neighbours to the Frank family. Eva and Anne knew each other. Second World War When the Germans invaded the Netherlands and Heinz received a call-up to a work-camp, the family went into hiding. They successfully hid for two years and might have survived the war if they had not been betrayed in May 1944. They were then captured by the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. They were liberated in January 1945 by the Russians, but Erich and Heinz Geiringer had perished in the forced march to Mauthausen that came just before the war ended. Otto Frank visited them at their apartment not long after. Later life Geiringer married Otto Frank in November 1953 and settled in Basel, Switzerland. They spent a large part of their time educating people about the importance of Anne Frank"s diary and the horrors that the Jews experienced during the Holocaust. Their commitment led to the creation of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Death and afterward.

Elfriede Geiringer Edit Profile

Background

Elfriede Markovits was born in Vienna, Austria in 1905.

Career

She was the second wife of Otto Frank, who was the father of Anne and Margot Frank. The family fled first to Belgium and then to the Netherlands in 1938, where they settled down as neighbours to the Frank family. Eva and Anne knew each other.

Second World War

When the Germans invaded the Netherlands and Heinz received a call-up to a work-camp, the family went into hiding.

They successfully hid for two years and might have survived the war if they had not been betrayed in May 1944. They were then captured by the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

They were liberated in January 1945 by the Russians, but Erich and Heinz Geiringer had perished in the forced march to Mauthausen that came just before the war ended. Otto Frank visited them at their apartment not long after.

Later life

Geiringer married Otto Frank in November 1953 and settled in Basel, Switzerland.

They spent a large part of their time educating people about the importance of Anne Frank"s diary and the horrors that the Jews experienced during the Holocaust. Their commitment led to the creation of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Death and afterward.

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