Käthe Franks

Katarina "Kathe" Franks was the younger sister of Lise Gimpel, and the favorite aunt of the Gimpel daughters. She was quite a bit younger than her sister. Like Lise and the Gimpel family, Kathe was a secret Jew living in Berlin.

Kathe and Lise's parents were killed in an automobile accident with a drunk driver some years before Alicia Gimpel turned ten.

Kathe frequently baby-sat the Gimpel girls. She was well loved by her nieces because of her lax, easy-going manner.