Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Fraenkel was a son of Hermann Fraenkel and Amanda Bamberg. He married in 1924 in Berlin. In 1939 he moved from Berlin to Heemstede. In 1940 he moved to Hilversum and in 1942 to Amsterdam.
Stadsarchief Amsterdam, archiefkaart Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Fraenkel
Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Fraenkel died on 5 February 1944 in Westerbork transit camp and he was cremated on 9 February 1944. The urn with his ashes was placed in the Columbarium III in crematorium Westerveld.
Register van joden die in het kamp Westerbork zijn gecremeerd, 1943-1944; archief van de gemeente Westerbork, opgenomen in het archief van de gemeente Midden-Drenthe te Beilen, inv. n 3789