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.
Hiding anne frank room.
Not a drop of water no wc no walking everything quiet anne frank wenn die uhr halb neune schlägt 6 augustus 1943.
A staircase in the middle of the room lead to the attic and loft of the secret annex where peter could often be found.
Peter van pels was anne frank s boyfriend and one of the eight people in hiding in the secret annex.
He was a lone wolf between two families with the adolescent anne for a roommate.
She has remained irrevocably the eternal child.
Read his biography here.
Anne frank s family home rooftopanne frank house anne s family had been in hiding for a month and two years by the time they were discovered in august 1944.
This post is part of our collection of resources on nazi germany.
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.
Children from all around the world continue to write letters to anne as if she were their friend.
After being arrested otto frank was the only one of the eight that survived the holocaust.
In november 1942 fritz pfeffer joined the frank and van pels families bringing the number of people in hiding up to eight.
Anne frank goes into hiding 1942.
In the secret annex 23 august 1943.
Peter was the only one of the eight people in hiding to have his own room.
Anne frank and the seven other people in hiding were discovered on august 4 1944 after living in hiding for 25 months.
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.
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.
Otto frank and edith frank holländer.
Margot 1926 in hiding.
An anonymous tipster had alerted the nazis on their location.
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.