Ernestine Pollack Frankel

Horn, Austria

1931 - 1981

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Horn, Austria. 1912.

Horn, Austria. 1937.

Theodor Pollatschek, Charles' father.

Rose Bernstein Pollatschek, circa 1941.

Ernie and Kurt (Charles) Pollatschek with their nanny. Horn, Austria circa 1932.

Kurt (Charles) and Ernestine (Ernie) Pollatschek. Unknown location, circa 1939.

Ernestine Pollack, Albert G. P:arrish High School, Selma, AL.

Profile

Personal & Family

Name in US
Ernestine “Ernie” Pollack Frankel

Name at Birth
Ernestina Pollatschek

Married Name
Ernestine Pollack Frankel

Date of Birth

10/11/1931

Country of Birth
Austria

City of Birth

Horn

Parents

Rose Bernstein Pollack(
(05/16/1906 Lazdijai, Lithuania – 06/07/1985 Johannesburg, South Africa)

Theodor Pollatschek
(05/27/1895 Horn, Austria – 01/27/1937 Horn, Austria)

Sibling(s)

Charles V. Pollack (Spouse: Jane Barry)
(08/03/1930 Horn Austria – 12/28/2024 Selma, AL)

Spouse(s)

Donald J. Frankel
(1927 Cincinnati, OH – 2001 Orange, CA)
Married July 15, 1951 in Selma, AL

Children

Theodore “Ted” James Frankel (Spouse: Anne)
(05/10/1952 – 02/01-2022)

Jim Frankel (Spouse: Debbie)
(Born 03/29/1954)

Linda Frankel (Spouse: Alan M. Sherry)
(Born 06/10/1958)

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Jewish

Religious Identity (Postwar)
Jewish

Dates Lived in Alabama

1939-1950

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Selma

Date and City of Death
04/26/1981 Glendale, CA

City of Burial / Cemetery
Glendale, CA / Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Holocaust

Immigration & Postwar

US Sponsor for Immigration

Harry Maring, Sr. of Selma, her mother’s uncle, who came to the US in 1890

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
December 6, 1939 / SS Gripsholm / New York