Annelies Marie Frank Hollander. Better known as Anne (Anne) Frank. It belonged to a Jewish family that went into exile in Holland when the Nazi persecutions began. At the age of thirteen he began to write a diary that later would become one of the best-known best-selling works in history, ” The Diary of Anne Frank .” He was born in Frankfurt am Main (Hesse- Germany ) on June 20 , 1929 .
Biographical synthesis
He was born in Frankfurt am Main (Hesse- Germany ) on June 20 , 1929 . Daughter of the marriage formed by Otto Heinrich Frank and Edith Hollander , she became one of the most widely read authors of the 20th century , after her father, the only survivor of the family to the Holocaust of World War II , published his notebooks that today it is known as The Diary of Anne Frank .
Early years
After getting married, Otto and Edith Frank settle in Frankfurt am Main. The children are not long in coming: Margot in 1926 and Ana in 1929 . The first years are happy, but the economic crisis makes Hitler’s NSDAP gain ground. In 1933 , Hitler assumed command of the German government. Ana’s parents are very concerned and are looking for a solution.
Otto Frank has the opportunity to found a company in Amsterdam . Edith, Margot and Ana meet him in Holland , it was 1933 . They settle in a house overlooking Merwede Square. The Franks feel free and safe again. The girls go to school, Otto works hard in his company and Edith takes care of the house. But then World War II breaks out . The October as maypole as 1940 , Germany invades Holland . The Franks are in danger again.
Living in the hideout
With Holland busy, a lot changes for the Franks. Both in Otto’s private life and in his company, they are increasingly being restricted. When Margot receives a summons to travel to a labor camp in Germany, it seems to Otto and Edith that the situation has become too dangerous and they decide to go into hiding with their girls.
In addition to the Franks, there are four other Jews hiding in the Secret Annex: Hermann and Auguste van Pels with their son Peter and Fritz Pfeffer. Four office workers from Otto’s company help and protect those in hiding. They fear every day that they will be discovered. And the life of eight people in such a small place was not easy.
Ana Frank’s diary
The December to June of 1942 Anne Frank receives as a birthday gift a diary becomes her best friend, which account all their concerns and feelings during your stay in hiding in the Netherlands.
Ana was 13 years old and a very normal girl, a good student, with friends … who saw her life stagnant for more than two years when she was locked in a false ceiling. There he lived with his sister Margot, his parents, Peter, etc., but no one was understanding enough to be his confidant, only his diary.
The detention
The 4 as August as 1944 detain hidden. Someone has betrayed them. They are deported to Auschwitz after passing through the Westerbork transit camp. Only Otto Frank survives the fields; the other seven in hiding find death. Hermann van Pels dies in the gas chamber, Auguste is pushed onto the tracks of a train during a transfer. The rest die of starvation and disease. It was never clear who the informer was.
Death
In December of 1944 , separated from their parents, Anne and Margot were taken to Germany and taken to the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen (Lower Saxony).
The 6 of January of 1945 dies her mother Edith in the concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau , the deadliest and most famous of all.
Anne Frank died of typhus on December of March of 1945 at 16 years old in the concentration camp; an epidemic that spread throughout the countryside that month. Margot died first and very shortly after Ana would die.
The father
After the liberation of Auschwitz, Otto returns to Amsterdam. During the trip he learns of Edith’s death. Once in Amsterdam, he goes to the house of Miep and Jan Gies. He hopes that Ana and Margot are still alive, but then the news reaches him that they too have not survived the war. Miep hands him the papers that make up Ana’s diary. Ana wanted her diary to be published after the war and that wish is finally fulfilled.
Publication of your diary
Written from Ana’s point of view, since the book is published exactly as she wrote it, except for some passages that are said to be of no interest to the reader.
After the war, Otto Frank insists on fighting for human rights and respect. Answer thousands of letters from people who have read your daughter’s diary. It is translated into several languages and is the subject of a play and a film. All over the world people hear about the story of Anne Frank. In the back house, Ana did not only make notes in her diary. He also wrote short stories and copied beautiful phrases from other authors into a notebook. Ana wanted her diary to be published as a novel after the war, which led her to rewrite it. But she did not manage to finish her task: before, she is discovered and arrested.
The refuge as a museum
The Anne Frank House-Museum is created in the same refuge where she would spend her last years.
After the war, the secret house deteriorates and joins the list of buildings that they intend to demolish. A group of citizens mobilizes, founding the Anne Frank House. His main objective: to preserve the refuge where Ana had spent her last years with her family. It is located at 267 Prinsengrancht street in Amsterdam.
Film
- Title: The Diary of Anne Frank
- Original title: The Diary of Anne Frank
- Year of production: 1959
- Country: USA
- Director: George Stevens
- Performers : Millie Perkins , Joseph Schildkraut , Shelley Winters , Richard Beymer , Gusti Huber , Lou Jacobi , Diane Baker , Douglas Spencer , Dodie Heath , Ed Wynn
- Plot: (Biography: Anne Frank)
- Script: Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett
- Music: Alfred Newman
- Photography: William C. Mellor & Jack Cardiff (B&W)
- Duration: 170 min.
- Genre: Drama , Historical
- Production Company: 20th Century Fox