Raphael Holländer

Raphael Rafael HOLLÄNDER: b. 23 June 1917, Hannover- d. 30 May 1991, Tel Aviv

Information courtesy of various sources, including the following:

Details of deportation but subsequent survival courtesy of:

Raphael HOLLÄNDER was in the region of Nice, Côte d'Azur, where he was rounded up in the notorious "Rafles d'août" in August 1942. The arrested Jewish citizens were incarcerated in the Caserne Auvare for a while before being put on a goods train, in locked-up wagons, and transferred to Drancy.

cf. Archives Départémentales des Alpes Maritimes:

http://www.basesdocumentaires-cg06.fr/os-html/adam/home.html

HOLLÄNDER Raphael: Chambre # 25, Voiture # 20

Also cf. listing thanks to:

http://niceoccupation.free.fr/rafle-daout-1942.html

Details of further deportation and subsequent death courtesy of:

Mémorial de la Shoah

https://ressources.memorialdelashoah.org/notice.php?q=identifiant_origine:(FRMEMSH0408707100225)

Features photo and actual list of deportation (shown here under "Media")

Convoi # 28

And also cf.

https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=6957...

Raphael Hollander was born in Hannover, Germany in 1917 to Samuel and Berta. He was single. Prior to WWII he lived in Antwerpen, Belgium. During the war he was in Auschwitz Birkenau, Poland.

Raphael survived the Shoah (according to this source).

This information is based on a Survivors and refugees registration form, submitted by his daughter, Brigitte Hollander

Last Name Hollander
First Name Raphael
Gender Male
Date of Birth 23/06/1917
Place of Birth Hannover,Hannover (Hannover),Hanover,Germany
Father's First Name Samuel
Mother's First Name Berta
Marital Status Single
Permanent Place of Residence Antwerpen,Antwerpen (Antwerpen),Belgium
Place during the War Antwerpen,Antwerpen (Antwerpen),Belgium
Place during the War Auschwitz Birkenau,Extermination Camp,Poland
Place of Death Tel Aviv,Israel
Date of Death 30/05/1991
Liberation Place Auschwitz,Camp,Poland
Liberation Date 1945
Post War Location Brussels,Brussel (Brabant),Belgium
Status according to Source survived
Submitter's Last Name Hollander
Submitter's First Name Brigitte
Relationship to Survivor Daughter
Source Yad Vashem - Survivors Registration Forms
Type of material Survivors and refugees registration form
Item ID 6957793

Plus several documents shown in Arolsen Archives.

https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/search/person/6111847?s...

Indicating:

- confirmation of status as "single"

- address in Nice as 15 Avenue Clemenceau

- profession as "Schneider" - tailor

- parents as Samuel HOLLÄNDER, Kaufmann, & Bertha Brenda(?) née HABER, resident in Pilzno, Tarnow, Krakau

- that he was also incarcerated in Buchenwald