Fritz Aal (1913 - abt. 1945)

Born 23 May 1913 in Nürnberg, Bayern, Deutschland

Husband of Julia (Broches) Aal — married 1937 in Amsterdam, Nord-Holland, Niederlande

Died about 23 Jan 1945 at about age 31 in Konzentrationslager Auschwitz, Auschwitz, Powiat bialski, Krakau, Polen

Biography

Fritz Aal died as a result of persecution during the Holocaust.

Fritz was born in 1913, probably in Nurenberg, Germany.

He moved from there to Amsterdam in about 1932.^[1]

He was imprisoned at Westerbork Transit Camp; from there he was transported to Theresienstadt Ghetto (05/04/1944 Transport XXIV/5 )^[2]

From there, he was transported to Auschwitz Birkenau. ("Transport Ek" on 28/09/1944).

He must have been selected there to go to the work camp "Tschechowitz (II)" at Czechowice.^[3]

He died in January 1945 at Tschechowitz (II) work/concentration camp.

Research Notes

• the death date given in the book In Memoriam - Nederlandse oorlogsslachtoffers is 23 Jan 1944; this makes sense, though it could have been 21st or 22nd. The 21st was the day the commanders killed all remaining people in the work camp Tschechowitz (II)

- this was the Czechowice refinery (German: Tschechowitz-Vacuum).^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Addition26 FEBRUARY 2019 Pictured during wartime. Julia Aal-Broches, Barbara Aal, Eddy Person and Mirjam Kaufman By: Editorial Jewish Monument Citing book https://www.joodsmonument.nl/en/page/606769/op-de-foto-in-oorlogstijd.-julia-aal-broches-barbara-aal-eddy-person
2. ↑ Yad Vashem, "Fritz Aal," (https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/names/13764401 : accessed 2024-03-31). Last Name: Aal; First Name: Fritz; Gender: Male; Date of Birth: 23/05/1913; Origin of Deportation: Theresienstadt,Ghetto,Czechoslovakia; Destination of Deportation: Auschwitz Birkenau,Extermination Camp,Poland; Details of Transport: Transport Ek from Theresienstadt,Ghetto,Czechoslovakia to Auschwitz Birkenau,Extermination Camp,Poland on 28/09/1944; Prisoner Number in Transport: 1648; Status According to Source: murdered; Source Collection: Terezinska Pametni Kniha [Theresienstädter Gedenkbuch], Terezinska Iniciativa, vol. I-II Melantrich, Praha 1995, vol. III Academia Verlag, Prag 2000 (Memorial Book Theresienstadt, Terezin Initiative); Type of Material: List of Theresienstadt camp inmates; Item ID: 4891448;
3. ↑ Yad Vashem citing In Memoriam - Nederlandse oorlogsslachtoffers. "Fritz Aal," (https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/names/13764401 : accessed 2024-03-31). Last Name: Aal; First Name: Fritz; Gender: Male; Date of Birth: 23/5/1913; Place of Birth: Neurenberg,; Place During the War: The Netherlands; Place of Death: Czechowice,Bielsko Slaskie,Slask,Poland; Date of Death: 23/1/1945; Status According to Source: deported to an extermination camp; Source Collection: In Memoriam - Nederlandse oorlogsslachtoffers, Nederlandse Oorlogsgravenstichting, `s-Gravenhage (Dutch Victims, Dutch War Victims Authority; courtesy of the Association of Yad Vashem Friends in Netherlands, Amsterdam); Type of Material: List of murdered Jews from the Netherlands; Item ID: 4211789;
4. ↑ Article on Tschechowitz (II) citing "Auschwitz from A to Z. An Illustrated History" https://www.auschwitz.org/en/history/auschwitz-sub-camps/tschechowitz-ii/

• Yad Vashem, "Fritz Aal," (https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/names/13764401 : accessed 2024-03-31).