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KOSHER DELIGHT - YOUR JEWISH ONLINE MAGAZINE!
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THE HOLOCAUST |
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ANNE FRANK (1929 - 1945):
How lovely that everyone, great and small,
can make their contribution toward introducing justice straightaway...
And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness!
---Anne Frank, "Give", March 26, 1944
| Anne Frank was one of the
Jewish victims of Nazi persecution during the second world war.
After Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940, increasingly
severe anti-Jewish measures began here as well. |
| The Frank family tried to escape by going
into hiding. On July 1942, Otto Frank, Edith Frank-Hollander and
their daughters Margot and Anne hid in this building on the
Prinsengracht. They where later joined by Mr. and Mrs Daan,
their sun Peter and Mr. Dussel. The building consists of two
parts : a front house and a back annex. Otto Frank's business
was located in the front house. The uppermost floors of the back
anexe became the hiding place. After more than two years the
group was betrayed and deported. Anne and Margot died of typhus
in Bergen-Belsen in March 1945, only a few weeks before this
concentration camp was liberated. Otto Frank, the only member of
the group to survive, returned after the war.
During the hiding period Anne Frank kept a
diary. In it she described daily life in the back anexe, the
isolation and the fear of discovery. Anne's diary survived the
war: after the betrayal it was found by Miep Gies, one of the
helpers. When it was confirmed that Anne would not be returning,
Miep gave the manuscripts to Otto Frank. In 1947 the first Dutch
edition appeared. Since then the diary has been published in
more then 55 languages.
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Anne Frank Pictured
in May, 1942
Pictures source: Wikipedia
The apartment
block on the Merwedeplein where the Frank family lived from 1934
until 1942
Anne Frank's Hiding Place.
Source:
http://www.channels.nl/amsterdam/annefran.html
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The Anne Frank House
Prinsengracht 263
Amsterdam
Tel. +31 (0)20-5567100 Fax +31 (0)20-6207999
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Opening Hours
Daily: from 9 AM to 7 PM
From March 29th to September 1st: 9 AM to 9 PM
On May 4th: 9 AM to 7 PM
On December 31st: 9 AM to 5 PM
On January 1st and December 25th: 12 Noon to 7 PM
Last admittance: 30 minutes prior to closing
Closed on Yom Kippur (in 2002, on September 16th)
Because of the steep stairway,
the museum is not accessible to
people with walking difficulties
Test source:
http://www.channels.nl/amsterdam/annefran.html
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Related Links:
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Anne Frank - Wikipedia
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Anne
Frank's Biography
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Otto Frank - Wikipedia
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Anne Frank
Museum, Amsterdam - The Official Anne Frank's House website
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The Anne Frank
Center, USA
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Anne Frank the Writer: An Unfinished Story
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Anne Frank: 1929 - 1945
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Time 100: Anne Frank. With a diary kept in a
secret attic, she braved the Nazis and lent a searing voice to the
fight for human dignity. By Roger Rosenblatt
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