Franzi Groszmann
Franzi Groszmann (born December 27, 1904 ; died September 20, 2005 in Manhattan , NY ) was a Holocaust survivor and the last surviving parent on the Kindertransport .
Life
Franzi Groszmann was one of those Jewish parents who were able to send their children to Great Britain between December 1938 and September 1, 1939. She was then able to flee to England with her husband Ignaz Groszmann, a Viennese bank clerk who had been dismissed for racist reasons in 1938 after the annexation of Austria, but she only got back together with her daughter Lore Groszmann after the end of the war. Ignaz Groszmann was temporarily interned on the Isle of Man as an "enemy alien" during World War II . He died in 1945 of heart failure. Franzi Groszmann emigrated to the USA with his daughter Lore in 1951.
The term Kindertransport is still associated with this campaign today. Franzi Groszmann and her daughter Lore Segal appeared in the 2000 film Kindertransport - Into a foreign world . The film won an Oscar in 2001 for best documentary.
Web links
- Franzi Groszmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Douglas Martin: Franzi Groszmann, 100, dies; Sent Daughter From Nazi Lands , NYT, October 2, 2005
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary in the New York Times, October 2, 2005
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Groszmann, Franzi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Holocaust survivor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1904 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 20, 2005 |
| Place of death | Manhattan , NY |