Otto Frank | Anne Frank House - Anne Frank Stichting
Arrested: 4 August 1944. Married to: Fritzi Markovits, 10 November 1953. Died: 19 August 1980. Otto Frank is best known as Anne’s father. Without him, Anne's diary would not have been published, and without him, there would not have been an Anne Frank House. But of course, Otto Frank was much more than Anne's father: you can read his story ...
Anne Frank | Anne Frank House - Anne Frank Stichting
Daughter to: Otto Frank and Edith Frank-Holländer. Sister to: Margot (1926) In hiding: 6 July 1942. Arrested: 4 August 1944. Died: February 1945. In October 1942, 13-year-old Anne dreamt of a career as a film star in Hollywood. Two years later, her greatest wish was to publish a book about her time in hiding.
The Secret Annex | Anne Frank House - Anne Frank Stichting
Hiding in the Secret Annex on the Prinsengracht. In July 1942, the Frank family went into hiding. The Van Pels family followed a week later. The two families already knew each other: Hermann van Pels worked for Otto’s company. Four months later, they were joined by an eighth person: Fritz Pfeffer, an acquaintance of the Frank family.
The main characters | Anne Frank House - Anne Frank Stichting
During WWII, Anne Frank's family hid in the Secret Annex for over 2 years, with the Van Pels family and Fritz Pfeffer. Meet them here. The people living in the Secret Annex. From 1942 to 1944, these eight people all lived in the Secret Annex. They were completely dependent on six helpers; employees and friends of Anne's father. The helpers ...
Who was Anne Frank? | Anne Frank House - Anne Frank Stichting
Anne Frank was born in the German city of Frankfurt am Main in 1929. Anne’s sister Margot was three years her senior. Unemployment was high and poverty was severe in Germany, and it was the period in which Adolf Hitler and his party were gaining more and more supporters. Hitler hated the Jews and blamed them for the problems in the country.
Otto Heinrich Frank | Knowledge base | Anne Frank House
Otto Frank Otto Frank was the father of Margot and Anne Frank. Person. Otto Heinrich Frank; Born on: May 12, 1889 Born in: Frankfurt am Main, Duitsland Died on: Aug. 19, 1980 Died in: Bazel, Zwitserland Otto Frank, Amsterdam, mei 1936
Peter van Pels | Anne Frank House - Anne Frank Stichting
In hiding: 13 July 1942. Arrested: 4 August 1944. Died: 10 May 1945. Peter van Pels was 15 years old when he had to go into hiding with his parents. They arrived at the hiding place one week after the Frank family. Peter was the only boy in the Secret Annex. Peter was the son of Hermann and Auguste van Pels.
Hannah Goslar: God knows everything, but Anne knows it better
The Goslar family was a religious Jewish family, the Frank family was liberal. Anne's mother and sister Margot occasionally went to the synagogue, but Anne and her father rarely attended services. Hannah had this to say: "Anne was crazy about …
The authenticity of the diary of Anne Frank | Anne Frank House
The Anne Frank House counters the attacks on the authenticity of the diary. The Anne Frank House has opposed attacks on the authenticity of the diary in its statements and writings and also, in a number of cases, by legal means. In 1976, the Anne Frank House was a joint plaintiff in the legal action taken by Otto Frank against Heinz Roth at the ...
The publication of the diary | Anne Frank House - Anne Frank …
The book was published in 1947, just over five years after Anne's thirteenth birthday, the day she had received her diary. She had come up with the title of the book herself: Het Achterhuis (The Secret Annex). Looking back, Otto Frank wrote: ‘How proud Anne would have been if she had lived to see this. After all, on 29 March 1944, she wrote ...