Anne Frank, Amsterdam, Netherlands

 

The statue of Anne Frank in Amsterdam, located near the Anne Frank House, was created by Dutch artist Jet Schepp. It was unveiled on July 9, 2005, by Mayor Job Cohen.

Anne Frank and her family went into hiding to escape the Nazis during World War II. They hid in a secret annex located in Anne's father Otto Frank's business premises in Amsterdam. The hiding place was concealed behind a movable bookcase and included several small rooms where eight people lived in secrecy for over two years. The Frank family, along with four other Jews, lived in the annex from July 1942 until their arrest in August 1944.

After Anne Frank and her family were arrested on August 4, 1944, they were first taken to Westerbork, a transit camp in the Netherlands. In September 1944, Anne and her sister Margot were transferred to Auschwitz in Poland. They were spared immediate death in the gas chambers and instead sent to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany.

Anne and Margot Frank died at Bergen-Belsen in February or March 1945, most likely from typhus. Their father, Otto Frank, was the only member of the family to survive the Holocaust. He returned to Amsterdam after the war and discovered that Anne's diary had been saved by their helpers.

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Resources

LINK TO -->> THE NAZI TRAIL OF TERROR

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (1947)

Anne Frank Remembered by Miep Gies (1987)

Anne Frank: The Biography by Melissa Müller (1998)

Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife by Francine Prose (2009)

Roses from the Earth: Biography of Anne Frank by Carol Ann Lee (2005)


Films and Videos about Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Anne Frank Remembered (1995)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001)
The Diary of Anne Frank (2009 TV series)
Love All You Have Left (2018)
Where Is Anne Frank (2021)
My Best Friend Anne Frank (2023)

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