Transcript Otto Frank Anne’s Dad

Remember, although you will be reading a play, these are
REAL people!
 Born June 12, 1929 in Germany
 very outgoing, energetic and
extroverted
 She received the diary for her 13th
birthday
 She died shortly after her sister of
typhus in March 1945
• Born May 12, 1889 in Frankfurt,
Germany
• In 1908 he lived in New York and
worked for Macy’s where he learned
about business
• One year later, he returned to
Germany when his father died
• Enlisted in German Army at start of
WW I
• Married Edith when he was 36
• Hobby was photography
• Spring 1933 moved to Amsterdam,
Netherlands
• Ran his own business making pectin
• June 3, 1945, he returns to Amsterdam
• Marries a Holocaust survivor in 1953
• 19060 he is instrumental in opening
Anne Frank house in Amstersdam
• He died August 19, 1980
 January 16, 1900 born in Aachen,
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Germany
She was 25 when she married Otto Frank
Edith struggled the most with moving to
Amsterdam
Edith and Anne often argued
January 6, 1945 – died of starvation in
Aushwitz
 Born February 16, 1926 in Frankfurt,
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Germany
Attended a Montessori school until 1941
when Jewish children were no longer
allowed to go to school of their choice
Goal was to be a nurse in Palestine
Got call up notice on July 5, 1942
February or March, 1945 – she died of
Typhus at 19 weeks before her sister died
She also kept a diary, but it was never
found
Hermann
 1937 they fled Germany for Netherlands
 worked for Mr. Frank
 Loved telling jokes, arguing about politics
and building things
 September 6, 1944 – gasses in Aushwitz
Auguste
 Born September 29, 1900
 Described as “tempermental, flirty and
chatty and a pessimist”
 Spring 1945, she died in a concentration
camp
 Born November 8, 1926 in Germany
 Only child
 He was 16 when they went into hiding
 He watched his father get marched
into the gas chamber
 Died May 1945 after a death march
 Born April 30, 1889 in Giessen, Germany
 Served in German army in WWI
 Tried marrying his fiancé, but she was
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Christian and it was against the Nazi’s laws
He had one son, Peter, whom he sent to live
with Uncle in England
He was a dentist, and Miep Gies was his
patient
He enjoyed sailing, riding and traveling
Went into hiding on November 17, 1942
Died on December 20, 1944 in concentration
camp
 Born in Vienna in 1909
 Sent to Netherlands after WWI with
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other children to recuperate from
illness and malnutrition
In 1933 she began working as secretary
for Mr. Frank
She helped keep the Franks in hiding
for more than 2 years
She was not arrested in the raid and
was responsible for saving Anne’s diary
Up until the age of 90 she traveled the
world telling Anne’s story and helping
at the Anne Frank House
She died, January 11, 2010 at age of 100