Otto H. Frank

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Otto H. Frank


Born
in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
May 12, 1889

Died
August 19, 1980

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Otto Heinrich Frank was a German businessman who later became a resident of the Netherlands and Switzerland. He was the father of Anne Frank and Margot Frank and husband of Edith Frank-Holländer, and was the sole member of his family to survive the Holocaust. Without him, Anne's diary would not have been published, and without him, there would not have been an Anne Frank House.
After Anne Frank's death was confirmed in the summer of 1945, her diary and papers were given to Otto Frank by Miep Gies, who rescued them from the ransacked hiding place. Frank left them unread for some time but eventually began transcribing them for his relatives in Switzerland. He was persuaded that Anne's writing shed light on the experiences of those who suffe
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Le Journal d'Anne Frank

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The Diary of Anne Frank

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Anne Frank Tagebuch by Fran...

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Reader's Companion To Anne ...

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Dear Cara Letters from Otto...

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Anne Frank and Family

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Conversaciones con Otto Fra...

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Weerklank van Anne Frank

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Baden-baden: Catholic Colle...

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Zeitschrift Für Biologie, 1...

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“Every child has to raise itself.”
Otto H. Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

“There are no walls, no bolts, no locks that anyone can put on your mind.”
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