Elias, Helene "Leni" Frank (8 Sept 1893 - 2 Oct 1986) Address in 1939: Basel, Switzerland. Anne's aunt in Switzerland, Otto Frank's sister. She and her family moved from Frankfurt to Basel, Switzerland in 1933. She survived the war and helped support the family by starting and running an antiques business (CE89 p. 3, 55; HLOF p. 41, 179; AF:B family tree).
Zij was kunst- en antiekhandelaar.
In 1921, Leni married Erich Elias (1890-1984), a Jewish man from Zweibrücken. Like Leni's brothers, he too had received the Iron Cross for bravery once the war was over. Although the family was by no means religious, they still had a strong sense of their Jewish origin. None of them had been baptised and most of them had Jewish spouses.
She is married to Erich Elias.
They got married in the year 1921 at Frankfurt am Main, she was 27 years old.Source 3
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Erich Elias |
"Anne Frank, de biografie" van Melissa Müller; Rootsweb (Henny Savenije); www.familysearch.org
Rootsweb (Henny Savenije); http://afdr.eu.pn/people.htm; History of the Frank family
History of the Frank family