Family Jankelowitz - English

Friedrich Jankelowitz, born on April 29, 1889 in Krakow am See and his family from Magdeburg were victims to the Holocaust. Friedrich, a merchant, was deported to Sachsenhausen on August 28, 1940 and was murdered there on October 12, 1942. His wife Alice Jankelowitz, born by the name Bock, was born on February 7, 1893 in Magdeburg. In April 1942 she was deported to the Warsaw Ghetto and was murdered there. Her son Günther Jankelowitz, born on April 1, 1922 in Magdeburg, also was deported and murdered in the Warsaw Ghetto.  

Friedrich was the son of Moritz Jankelowitz and Bertha Gottschalk. The family originated from Mecklenburg and settled down in Magdeburg. Friedrich survived the first world war but got severely wounded and awarded the Iron Cross. In May 1919, he married Alice Bock und became co-owner of the leather goods shop of his father in law, Max Bock. The married couple had two children, Gisela and Günther. The family, characterized by strong family cohension, was wealthy and well integrated but maintained it’s Jewish identity. Despite the inceasing antisemitism after 1933, the family tried to assert themselves. However, Friedrich lost his shop and the family didn’t manage to emigrate in time. Gisela emigrated to Australia in 1936 while her brother stayed in Germany. Friedrich got abducted to Buchenwald along with over 200 jewish men on November 10, 1938 and was forced to leave Germany.

In August 1940 he was deported to Sachsenhausen concentration camp and dies on October 12, 1942.  

Alice und Günther had to move to a „Jewhouse“ in Magdeburg and both were deported to Warsaw Ghetto in April 1942. It is only known about their further fate that the family later ended up in a concentration camp in Poland. The family fell victim to the Holocaust.