Gertrud Naumann

Who was Gertrud Naumann?

The Frankfurterin Gertrud Naumann became the important time witness of the fate of the Anne Frank. Impressively beak 1958 in its publication "Anne Frank has seriously - trace of a child" Gertrud Naumann lauded, questioned become is the time of its life again and again by journalists and organic counts.

The teacher daughter is born on the 28 March 1917 as a boy of six siblings in Frankfurt/main. You verlebt in a Catholic stamped parental home an unencumbered youth time. The family lives at the Marbachweg. Gertrud is opened and maintains lively contacts with all children out of the neighborhood. Remained photos receive show the cheerful girl with the dear face and the long thick braids usually in the middle of a large children multitude. Gertrud is very loveful of children and is concerned especially with all small. It can go past no children vehicle, carried away without before and fascinates to have in show.

When the Jewish family Frank in the year 1927 in the Marbachweg pulls, Gertrud Naumann closes quickly friendship with the new neighbors, for there there is the one-year daughter Margot.

Through the children, the families meet Naumann and Frank more closely. The first of all dependable neighborly ratio develops to an intensive friendship. The sociable families invite themselves mutually to different occasions.

Beginning of the thirties years the political zeitgeist becomes apparent also in Frankfurt/main. That the Franks Jews are, does not disturb the Naumanns however. The families treat themselves mutually unrestricted sovereign and friendly. When Gertrud commits its first holy communion, the small Margot remains in the festivitys obviously not uninvited. Is reversed also Gertrud often guest in the family Frank. The Franks are liberal Jews. --. - Gertrud plays with Margot and takes is possible itself its careful on, whenever it its.

Soon there will be photos with Gertrud, Margot, woman Frank and other neighbor children that the frequently photographing father Frank received. There and again also Bernhard Elias is to be seen there. Bernhard, the somewhat older cousin of Margot, is named Buddy. Its mother is the sister of Margots father. The family Elias the emigration will succeed into Switzerland on time.

Gertrud loves the small Margot Frank with the "gigantic black Kulleraugen" (1). Woman Edith Frank has in the end so much confidence in Gertrud that it the girl asks sometimes to pay attention to Margot if cares are to be settled and the small cannot be brought. Gradually Gertrud to the family belongs and is "child in the house" (2) of the Franks. It learns there much grant and generosity.

The three-year Margot gets in June 1929 a little sister Annelies Marie that is named late Anne. For the Gertrud twelve-year now, that is a further reason to join yet more closely the Franks. The baby is furthermore 'the sensation' at all other neighbor children of the Marbachweg. Father Frank lets emerge new photos: Baby Anne in the arm of mother Edith and sister Margot as a midpoint, of enchanted neighbor children surrounds whereby also Gertrud is. Everyone marvels at the new child. The neighbors like the family Frank. Gertrud remembers a jolly occurrence. When the already grown up Anne Frank is invited once to the afternoon coffee with family Naumann, it stares steadfast to Gertruds father in order to say then directly over the table away to it: "You have yes cats eye!" (3) -- Gertruds older sister Elisabeth is an adept tailor. Because also it the children Frank loves, it sews for the little girls Margot and Anne dress. They are bleu and out of a silky material (4).

After the pressure of the Nazis increases on the Jews, the businessman Otto Frank 1933 leaves its home town Frankfurt/main. First of all it seeks work alone in Holland and a shelter for its family. He establishes himself in Amsterdam and makes up somewhat later moment to one its members. Its wife Edith pulls first of all Aachen with the...