Hiding Anne Frank Room
Otto frank and edith frank holländer.
Hiding anne frank room. In the secret annex 23 august 1943. Take a look around and discover the secret annex where anne frank hid for more than 2 years during wwii and where she wrote her diary. After being arrested otto frank was the only one of the eight that survived the holocaust. Any noise from upstairs might arouse suspicion and so the people in hiding were absolutely forbidden from using the water drainage that ran along the storeroom.
Peter van pels was anne frank s boyfriend and one of the eight people in hiding in the secret annex. Step inside hiding in the secret annex on the prinsengracht. Thirteen year old anne frank had been writing in her red and white checkered diary for less than a month when her sister margot received a call up notice around 3 p m. An anonymous tipster had alerted the nazis on their location.
A staircase in the middle of the room lead to the attic and loft of the secret annex where peter could often be found. Anne frank goes into hiding 1942. On july 5 1942. Read his biography here.
They were arrested by german police taken to westerbork in the north east of the country and then deported to the concentration and extermination camp auschwitz. The anne frank house in amsterdam anne s hiding place during the second world war is also the most visited site in the netherlands and anne now even has her own unofficial facebook page. Peter was the only one of the eight people in hiding to have his own room. Although the frank family had planned to go into hiding on july 16 1942 they decided to leave immediately so that margot would not have to be deported to a work camp.
Children from all around the world continue to write letters to anne as if she were their friend. Margot 1926 in hiding. Not a drop of water no wc no walking everything quiet anne frank wenn die uhr halb neune schlägt 6 augustus 1943. He was a lone wolf between two families with the adolescent anne for a roommate.
This post is part of our collection of resources on nazi germany. Anne frank and the seven other people in hiding were discovered on august 4 1944 after living in hiding for 25 months.