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Anneliese Marie “Anne” Frank

Born : June 12, 1929 In: Frankfurt, Germany Died: March, 1945

ANNE’S FamilyOtto Frank – Father (1889 – 1980)Edith Frank-Hollander – mother (1900-

1945)Margot Frank – Sister (1926-1945)

The apartment of Anne’s Family

Going into Hiding:In the morning on July 6, 1942 Anne’s father

moved the family into hiding. The apartment that they were currently staying in was left in a disarray so that it would give the impression that they had left suddenly. They all wore several layers of clothing because they couldn’t care luggage with them. They left all there possessions behind including Anne’s cat Moortje. They moved into the Achterhuis ( a Dutch word that translates into the “Secret Annex.”

The house in the middle is now the Anne Frank House or “Secret Annex”

Bookcase that lead to Secret Annex.

Floor Plans of Secret Annex

Photo of Anne’s room

The others in the AnnexHermann van Pels – died in Auschwitz;

only one of the group to have went to the gas chamber.

Auguste van Pels- Rottgen – Date and place of death unknown.

Peter van Pels – Died after the death march. Roughly around May 1945

Fritz Pfeffer – Died December 20, 1944 in Neuengamme Concentration Camp of sickness.

Arrested: Karl Silberbauer was the

Nazi officer who arrested Anne Frank and her family in 1944. He had no clue who made the tip-off of were the family was hiding. According to Otto Frank ; Silberbauer acted accordingly and behaved correctly without using cruelty during the arrest.

Auschwitz Concentration Camp

The two main gates into Auschwitz

Auschwitz Auschwitz was the largest of the Nazi

Germany’s concentration camps that were operational during WWI. The camp commander Rudolf Hoss testified at the Nuremburg Trails that up to 3 million people had died at Auschwitz. About 90% of these people were Jews. Most of the victims were killed in the gas chamber using Zyklon B; other deaths were caused by starvation, forced labor, lack of disease control, individual executions, and medical experiments.

Gas Chamber at Auschwitz

The Crematoria at Auschwitz

Prisoner Quarters

Shoes that belong to the Jews

Bergan –Belsen

Bergan –Belsen Concentration Camp Bergan – Belsen is located in Germany. It was originally a prisoner of war camp but in 1943 was turned into a concentration camp. In October selections were made from Auschwitz and more than 8,000 women including Auguste van Pels, Margot Frank, and Anne Frank were transported to Bergan – Belsen. Here they lived in tents that were set up to house the overflow of prisoners . Over 50,000 deaths had occurred at Bergan - Belsen between 1943 and June 1945. Among those that died their was Margot and Anne Frank.

In March 1945 a typhus epidemic spread through the camp and killed approximately 17,000 prisoners . Margot fell sick first and in her weakened state fell from her bed and died. It was only a few days later that Anne died from the same sickness. It is stated that the death of both the Frank girls came only weeks before the camp was liberated by the British troops in April of 1945. Anne and Margot are buried among the mass graves that are their today but the exact whereabouts is unknown.

Mass Graves at Bergan - Belsen

Memorial for Margot and Anne Frank at the former Bergen – Belsen site.

Otto Frank survived his internment in Auschwitz. After the war ended he returned to Amsterdam where he was sheltered by Jan and Miep Gies, as he attempted to locate his family. Even after he learned of his wife’s death of starvation in Auschwitz he keep hope of for his daughters. It was several weeks later that he also learned of their deaths. Extended family of both Otto and Edith Frank fled Germany and settled in the United States, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

A statue of Anne Frank done by Mari Andriessen outside of Westerkerk in Amsterdam

The Anne Frank Tree in the garden behind the Anne Frank House.