Hannah "Hanneli" Elizabeth Goslar is a former nurse who is best known for her strong and close friendship with diarist Anne Frank.
Background
Hanneli Elizabeth Pick-Goslar was born in Berlin, Germany on 12 November, 1928, the eldest child of Hans Goslar and Ruth Judith Klee. Her father was deputy minister for domestic affairs in Germany until 1933 and her mother was a teacher. Her mother died giving birth to her third child.
The baby was stillborn.
Education
Both Hannah and Anne had attended the Sixth Public Montessori School (now the Anne Frank School) in Amsterdam and then the Jewish Lyceum.
Career
In 1933, after the election of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party to the Reichstag and Hitler"s appointment as Chancellor, Hans Goslar was forced to resign his governmental job. After an abortive attempt to move to England, where Hans Goslar could not find work that would allow him to stay home on the Sabbath, the Goslars moved to Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Hannah was in a privileged section of the camp because her family had Palestine passports with them.
Sometime between January-February 1945, Hannah was briefly reunited with Anne Frank, who was a less privileged prisoner imprisoned at the other side of the camp.
Hannah passed Anne a package with some bread and socks in lieutenant Hannah and Gabi survived 14 months at Bergen-Belsen.
Hannah married Doctor Walter Pinchas Pick, and they have three children. Hannah still lives in Jerusalem and she has ten grandchildren.
Membership
Hannah and Gabi were the only members of their family to survive the war, and in 1947, they immigrated to Jerusalem, Israel.