Rabbi
David FRANKEL (FRENKEL) served
as the
Rabbi and Av Beit Din of Nepolokivtsi for about 50 years,
until he was brutally
killed in the Holocaust in about Nov 1941.
He
was born in Rzeszow (Reisha), Galicia, Poland (or in Zabłotów,
Galicia,
Poland)
in
1862 (65?) to Yehoshua
and Ester FRANKEL.
In about 1886 he married Freida Gele nee
GARDIN from Izbitza (Izbica Lubelski), Poland.
He lived in Izbitza until
the
family was deported by the Russian, when he became the Rabbi
of
Nepolokoutz.
He lived in
Nepolokoutz in the train station
neighborhood next to the synagogue.
He was murdered with his first born son, Rabbi
Yehoshua, in Nov 1941, during their deportation to
Transniestria, on
the way from
Yedinetz, Bessarabia, Romania (today Edinet, Moldova) to
Transniestria.
Rabbi David Frankel was deported in July 1941, with other
Jews who survived the murder of the Jews of
Nepolokoutz, first to Luzhan, then after a few weeks to
Yedinetz.
Rabbi Frankel, who was not only old but also sick
and
starved after about 5 months of
deportation,
was carried on a wagon, while his son Yehoshua walking, with
many
others,
besides the wagon. It was probably November 1941, wintry
and
snowing,
while the wagon turned over, either accidentally or by the
Romanian
Cadets (Gendarmes)
who guarded them; the Romanians then shot David, his
wife Freida,
his son
Yehoshua and Yehoshua'
s wife Breine.
The above is according to
testimonies by Pepi MUNSTER-LOEFFLER and Dontzia
MUNSTER-OVICH. Pepi also
remembered hearing the romanian Gendarme telling his friends
proudly
how he just shot some Jews, and later she saw Rabbi David
Frankel's
corpse lying in the snow.
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Rabbi David
FRANKEL
זצ"ל הי"ד
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Rabbi David FRANKEL's
wife,
Freida Gele nee
GARDIN הי"ד
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Rabbi
David FRANKEL's children were:
Rabbi
Yehoshua FRANKEL; born 1887 in
Izbitza.
He served as the Rabbi and Av Beit
Din of Seletin (Selyatin), then in Romania, now in Ukraine.
He was married to Breine
Leah REIBER. He was shot, with his wife and parents, in
Nov 1941 (see above)
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Rabbi
Yehoshua FRANKEL
זצ"ל הי"ד
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Rabbi Yehoshua
FRANKEL's wife,
Breina Leah REIBER,
הי"ד
with her 2 sons,
Menachem and Moshe Yehuda,
and her daughter Sarah; 1920s.
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Rabbi Yehoshua had 5 children.
Rabbi Dr. Menachem FRANKEL;
served as the deputy mayor of Ramla ,
Israel and chairman of the religious
council in the city.
Helena
Hannah
WASSERMAN.
Etka
Esther
(Edit)
FRANKEL.
Rabbi
Moshe
Yehuda FRANKEL, born 1919 in Wien; served as chairman of Religious council
and the deputy
mayor of Akko, Israel.
Sarah BABAD, born
1919 in
Wien (twin of
Moshe).
Sarah BABAD
Rabbi Moshe
LeibYehuda
FRANKEL; born 1890 in Izbitza.
He served as a Rabbi in Wien; in
1938 escaped to US
and served as a Rabbi in Bronx and later in
Borough- Park,
Brooklyn.
In 1973 Moved to Jerusalem; he lived in Kiryat
Mattersdorf until
he passed away in 1978, 88 years old.
Rabbi Moshe LeibYehuda
FRANKEL
Eliezer
(Leizer) FRANKEL; born 1894; later lived and died in Tel
Aviv.
Eliezer
(Leizer) FRANKEL
Z'ac FRANKEL;
later lived in Stockholm,
Sweden.
Paul
FRANKEL;
later lived in Stockholm, Sweden.
Paul
FRANKEL
Milli
(Malka)
GALBER;
later lived in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, where she died.
Milli
(Malka) GALBER
The
Horrific story of the deportation and torture of Rabbi
Yehoshua FRANKEL is described in Avigdor
Shachan's
book
"Bakfor
Halohet" –
("Burning Ice: The Ghettos of
Transnistria") - chapter 14.
The following images are from the English translation by
Dr.Shmuel
Himelstein,
Publisher: New York: U.S.: East European Monographs, Boulder,
1996
(Click on each of the
pages to enlarge)