20 Facts About Maurice Frankenhuis

Maurice Frankenhuis was a Jewish Dutch businessman, historian, researcher, author, collector, numismatist, Holocaust survivor, and philanthropist.

Maurice Frankenhuis documented the history of World War I and World War II through his family's experiences in the Netherlands and subsequent internment in two concentration camps.

Maurice Frankenhuis dedicated himself to educating about the Holocaust, and preserve a record of history for future generations including donations of his collections of medals and posters to various museums around the world, and writing his personal memoirs, observations and commentary on world affairs after the war.

Maurits Frankenhuis was born in Burgsteinfurt, Germany on February 24,1894 as a Dutch citizen.

Maurice Frankenhuis returned to England in 1915, but was sent home to the Netherlands with other aliens expelled during the war.

Maurits Maurice Frankenhuis was one of several prominent textile manufacturers that supported the Jewish community of Enschede.

Maurice Frankenhuis immigrated to the United States in 1948 and his name changed from Maurits to Maurice when granted United States citizenship.

Maurice Frankenhuis resided in New York, and died on Yom Kippur, September 22,1969.

From his early years, Maurice Frankenhuis was an avid collector of memorabilia, coins, medals, posters, documents and autographs.

Maurice Frankenhuis closely followed the events in Europe and the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party during the 1930s.

Maurice Frankenhuis continued to monitor war-related events in the post-war period, making frequent trips to Europe, gathering and documenting information, and attending war-crime trials.

Maurice Frankenhuis shared his reports with institutions worldwide including the Wiener Library, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

In January 1965 at the Plaza Hotel in New York, Maurice Frankenhuis interviewed Prince Louis Ferdinand.

Maurice Frankenhuis knew his father, the second son of the Crown Prince of Germany and had elaborate correspondence with the grandfather, Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Maurice Frankenhuis would correspond with state and religious leaders, dignitaries, authors, and celebrities in Europe and America, adding his personal commentary and supporting factual data in response to events and remarks published in world news.

Between 1939 and 1940 Maurice Frankenhuis served as correspondent-representative of the Oranje Nassau Museum in The Hague and donated medals, prints, autographs, letters, and manuscripts, which are housed at the Museum.

In 1965, Maurice Frankenhuis documented and donated Lodz Ghetto Coinage to the Jewish Museum in New York.

Maurice Frankenhuis presented his medal to institutions, world leaders, individuals and Righteous Gentiles.

Maurice Frankenhuis displayed exhibitions of his World War II medals at New York coin shows in 1967 - 1968.

The Maurice Frankenhuis byline appeared over a series of Coin World articles tracing the history of World War II through tokens and medals.