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As life grew more dangerous for Dutch Jews during the German occupation, Otto Frank put a plan in motion to save his family from the Nazis. In early 1941, he began converting an unutilized annex
The Franks were soon joined by three family friends, as well as a German dentist. A week after the Franks entered the Secret Annex, the occupancy went from four to seven with the addition of
If you’ve ever leafed through the pages of Anne Frank’s diary—either in its published form or glimpsed her original handwriting—you’ve likely noticed her letters are addressed to someone named “Kitty.” But who exactly was this
Anne Frank’s diary, a personal account of her life hiding from Nazis, was a 13th birthday gift, written to her imaginary friend “Kitty,” documenting teenage thoughts and Holocaust realities; published posthumously in 1947 by her
Sharing her small room with a man as old as her father was a challenge for Anne. Likewise, Fritz Pfeffer found it difficult to cope with Anne, an audacious teenager. It wasn’t long before the
On March 29, 1944, Anne hears a radio broadcast by Gerrit Bolkestein, Minister of education, art and science of the exiled Dutch government in London. He speaks of his plans to collect and publish personal
