The main characters from the Frankl family’s rich history, spanning over 300 years. From matriarch Rachel Frankl to generations of rabbis, butchers, glassmakers, and emigrants, their stories reflect resilience, migration, and survival through pivotal moments in history. Explore the lives and legacies of these remarkable individuals.
Rachel Frankl
The matriarch of the whole family
Juda Frankl
1764 – 23rd May 1845 – house 63 Ĺ irokĂ© TĹ™ebÄŤice Rachel’s oldest son, he was born in Zelec and then moved to Ĺ irokĂ© TĹ™ebÄŤice either before or at the time of his marriage…
Michal Frankl
Michal was one of the youngest of Rachel Frankl’s children, born in 1770 in the village of Zelec. We don’t know very much about his early life. We do know he married Theresa…
Isak Frankl
1834 – 1907 – Strenovice near PlzenRabbi Isak HaCohen Frankl Isak was the youngest child of Abraham and Josefa Baum. The family lived in Ĺ irokĂ© TĹ™ebÄŤice a small village with quite an established…
Jakob Frankl
Jakob was born in 1808 in Vlastislav in house no 23. His father Michal and mother, Theresa had come to love in this village after Michal completed his training as a kosher butcher.…
Alzbeta Frankl
1829 to 1914 Alzbeta was born in the small town of NovĂ© StrašecĂ in house no 45 on the 3rd January 1829. Her parents were Moses Graff, a shopkeeper and Rachel Graff, the…
Joachim Frankl
Joachim was born in Vlastislav in February 1814, six years after his brother Jakob. He grew up in Vlastislav, but was not trained as a butcher. He is recorded as being a glass…
Arthur Schick
Arthur was born in the Bohemian town of Litoměřice in August 1888. His parents were Emanuel Schick and Albertina Frankl. His mother’s nickname within her very close-knit family was Tini. Emanuel ran a…
Maximilian Frankl
1869 – 1935, USA Maximilian, son of Rabbi Isak and Eva Frankl and was born in Vienna in June 1869. The family moved back to Louny in Bohemia quite soon after he was…
Adolph Frankl
1900 – 1984, Florida
Max Frankl – Mike’s grandfather
1864 – 1915 Louny Max was a middle son of Jakob and Alzbeta Frankl. He was born in the small village of Vlastislav, not far from TĹ™ebivlice and about twelve kilometres west of…
Fany Porges
1868 – 1945, Prague Had to bring up her teenage children after Max died – survived Terezin
Franta Frankl
1899 – 1961, London Frantisek (Franta), Mike’s father, was born in the town of Louny on 6th January 1899. His parents, Max and Fanni had already produced two daughters, Zdenka and Ruzena and…
Marta Haurowitz
Mother of Mike Frankl 1911 – 1956 Mike’s mother, Marta was born on the 30th March 1911 to Julius and Maria Haurowitz. Julius ran a store in the town square of Mlada Boleslav…
Robert Frankl – son of Alois
1915 to 1939 Robert was born in March 1915 in Teplice, then part of Austria-Hungary. Teplice was quite a vibrant town and at the beginning of the 20th century was called Little Paris.…
Shlomo Kidron
My parents Karel Kauders and Charlotte Frankl, daughter of Abraham Frankl and granddaughter of Jakob Frankl, probably first met around 1912. They got married and lived in Prague where my sister Yehudit was…
Charlie Schick
The son of Arthur Schick and Elli Kluge. Born in Berlin on 6th October 1927. His sister Gertrude (Trude) had been born on 26th January 1925. During his early childhood, Charlie became very…
Robert Frankl – son of Adolph
1929 – 2017 Robert was the son of Adolph, a grandson of Rabbi Isak HaCohen Frankl, and Elsie Doerner. He was born and grew up in New York. He was not old enough…
Paul Verba
1926 – 1973 Paul was the son of Arnost and Zdenka Vrba. He was born in Prague, at a time when the city was an exciting and very enjoyable place to be living.…
Richard Dryer
Anna Frankl, daughter of Max and Theresa grew up in New York and married Oscar Dryer in 1926. Oscar had served in the army during the first World War. Their only child (Richard Edward)…
Rujena Frankl
1897 – 1960 Rujena was my father’s older sister. She grew up in Louny and then after her father, my grandfather died in January 1915 moved to Prague with her mother and sisters.…
Hana Samson and George Frankl
Hana Samson (1933 – 2022) and George Frankl (1935 – 2023) My beloved sister Hana and brother George were born in Prague in the early 1930’s. They had a huge influence on my…
Franta Mautner
In the words of his son Thomas: “I was born on the 3rd of May 1949, at the Queen Elizabeth Nursing Home, on Malabar Hill, in Bombay, India. My parents were Czech Jewish…