Anne Frank House
Wartime history museum
A visit to the Anne Frank House on the Prinsengracht (Prince's Canal) in the North end of Amsterdam will be meaningful for anyone who has heard the harrowing tale of Anne Frank or those who have read her heartbreaking diary.
For people who aren’t familiar with Anne Frank’s story and its significance to the history of the Holocaust and World War II, a visit to this historical spot on one of the largest canals in Amsterdam will be enlightening. This is where the courageous young Jewish teen and her family hid from the Nazi regime, and where she wrote her famous diary that gives the world a glimpse into the hardships that befell them.
The story of Anne FrankDuring the Second World War, Holland was invaded by Hitler-led Germany. When Holland eventually surrendered in May of 1940, many of her Jewish population went into hiding for fear of being deported to face German concentration camps. The Frank family was just one of multitudes who hid in fear from certain persecution. Otto Frank led his wife, Edith Frank-Hollander, and their children, Margot and Anne, to refuge in what is now the Anne Frank House and Museum. Here they spent two years along with the Daan family and Mr. Dussel in near poverty and strained survival while evading the Nazis.
The house included Otto Frank’s storefront, the Frank family’s living quarters and a top annex. The Franks, the Daans and Mr. Dussel managed to go unnoticed here for two years with the help of Otto’s friends before they were betrayed to the Nazis. After they were found, Anne and her sister Margot were deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp where they both died of typhus only five months before liberation. Of the eight people who hid in the house, only Anne’s father Otto survived. He later founded the Anne Frank Foundation and helped to establish the historical Anne Frank House in 1960.
Anne’s DiaryAnne’s personal diary was held by the family housekeeper and later given to Otto Frank when he returned to Amsterdam. Otto published excerpts from the diary in Dutch and when its popularity grew he expanded publication to include several other languages. In her diary, started on her 13thbirthday, Anne talks about the war, her family’s hiding and the hope, fear and despair they all experienced in the house. Now published in 67 languagesthe world over, the thoughts, hopes and dreams of a 13 year-old Jewish girl in the midst of World War II have inspired, shocked and captivated the world.
Anne Frank House
Wartime history museum
A visit to the Anne Frank House on the Prinsengracht (Prince's Canal) in the North end of Amsterdam will be meaningful for anyone who has heard the harrowing tale of Anne Frank or those who have read her heartbreaking diary.
For people who aren’t familiar with Anne Frank’s story and its significance to the history of the Holocaust and World War II, a visit to this historical spot on one of the largest canals in Amsterdam will be enlightening. This is where the courageous young Jewish teen and her family hid from the Nazi regime, and where she wrote her famous diary that gives the world a glimpse into the hardships that befell them.
The story of Anne FrankDuring the Second World War, Holland was invaded by Hitler-led Germany. When Holland eventually surrendered in May of 1940, many of her Jewish population went into hiding for fear of being deported to face German concentration camps. The Frank family was just one of multitudes who hid in fear from certain persecution. Otto Frank led his wife, Edith Frank-Hollander, and their children, Margot and Anne, to refuge in what is now the Anne Frank House and Museum. Here they spent two years along with the Daan family and Mr. Dussel in near poverty and strained survival while evading the Nazis.
The house included Otto Frank’s storefront, the Frank family’s living quarters and a top annex. The Franks, the Daans and Mr. Dussel managed to go unnoticed here for two years with the help of Otto’s friends before they were betrayed to the Nazis. After they were found, Anne and her sister Margot were deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp where they both died of typhus only five months before liberation. Of the eight people who hid in the house, only Anne’s father Otto survived. He later founded the Anne Frank Foundation and helped to establish the historical Anne Frank House in 1960.
Anne’s DiaryAnne’s personal diary was held by the family housekeeper and later given to Otto Frank when he returned to Amsterdam. Otto published excerpts from the diary in Dutch and when its popularity grew he expanded publication to include several other languages. In her diary, started on her 13thbirthday, Anne talks about the war, her family’s hiding and the hope, fear and despair they all experienced in the house. Now published in 67 languagesthe world over, the thoughts, hopes and dreams of a 13 year-old Jewish girl in the midst of World War II have inspired, shocked and captivated the world.
