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:''For the physiologist of the same name, see Otto Frank (physiologist).''
'Otto Heinrich Frank' (May 12, 1889 – August 19, 1980) was the father of Anne Frank. He inherited Anne Frank's manuscripts after her death, and arranged for the publication of her diary in 1947.
Born into a banking family in Frankfurt am Main, Frank served in the Imperial German Army on the Western Front during World War I, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1918. He married Edith Holländer on 12 May 1925 in Frankfurt-am-Main, and their first daughter, Margot, was born on 16 February 1926, followed by Anne on 12 June 1929.
As the tide of Nazism rose in Germany and anti-Jewish decrees encouraged attacks on Jewish individuals and families, Frank decided to evacuate his family to the safer western nations of Europe. In the summer of 1933 he moved his family to Aachen, where his wife's mother resided, in preparation for a subsequent and final move to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. In 1938 and in 1941 he attempted to obtain visas for his family to emigrate to the United States or Cuba. He was granted a single visa for himself to Cuba on December 1, 1941, but no one knows if it ever reached him. Ten days later, when Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy declared war on the United States, the visa was cancelled by Havana.[1][2]
In response to a call-up notice sent to his daughter Margot in July 1942, Frank took his family into hiding in the upper rear rooms of the Opekta premises on the Prinsengracht. They were joined two weeks later by Hermann van Pels and his wife and son, and in November by Fritz Pfeffer. Their concealment was aided by Otto Frank's colleagues Johannes Kleiman, whom he had known since 1923, Miep Gies, Victor Kugler, and Bep Voskuijl.
They were concealed for two years, until they were betrayed by an anonymous informant in August 1944. Frank, his family, the four people he hid with, and Kugler and Kleiman were arrested by SS Officer Karl Silberbauer. After being imprisoned in Amsterdam, the Jewish prisoners were sent to the Dutch transit camp of Westerbork and finally to Auschwitz. Here Frank was separated from his wife and daughters. He was sent to the men's barracks and found himself in the sick barracks when he was liberated by Soviet troops on January 27, 1945. He travelled back to the Netherlands over the next six months and set about tracing his arrested family and friends. By the end of 1945, he knew he was the sole survivor of the family, and of those who had hidden in the house on the Prinsengracht.
After Anne Frank's death was confirmed in the summer of 1945, her diary and papers were given to Frank by Miep Gies, who had rescued them from the ransacked hiding place. He left them unread for some time but eventually began transcribing them for his relatives, and then with the view to publishing extracts. In 1947 the first Dutch edition of the diary was issued under the title 'Het Achterhuis'
Frank married a former neighbour and fellow Auschwitz survivor, Elfriede Geiringer-Markovits (1905-1998), in Amsterdam on November 10 1953, moved to Basel, Switzerland and devoted the last years of his life to promoting Anne Frank's message of tolerance and compassion. His widow continued his work until her death in October, 1998.
★ ''The Diary of a Young Girl'', Anne Frank ISBN 0-553-29698-1
★ ''Anne Frank Remembered'', Miep Gies and Alison Leslie Gold ISBN 0-671-66234-1
★ ''The Hidden Life of Otto Frank'', Carol Ann Lee ISBN 0-670-91331-6
★ ''Roses from the Earth: the biography of Anne Frank'', Carol Ann Lee ISBN 0-670-88140-6
★ ''Love, Otto'', Cara Wilson ISBN 0-8362-7032-0
★ ''Eva's Story'', Eva Schloss ISBN 0-9523716-9-3
★ People associated with Anne Frank
★ Profile of Otto Frank's early life
★ Otto Frank during World War One, by the Anne Frank House
★ Otto Frank and the opening of the Anne Frank House
★ Quicktime interview with Otto Frank's second wife
★ Short article about Otto Frank's last years, with a photo taken in 1979
1.
Anne Frank family letters released
2.
In Old Files, Fading Hopes of Anne Frank’s Family
Otto Frank
'Otto Heinrich Frank' (May 12, 1889 – August 19, 1980) was the father of Anne Frank. He inherited Anne Frank's manuscripts after her death, and arranged for the publication of her diary in 1947.
| Contents |
| Biography |
| Post war |
| Further reading |
| See also |
| External links |
| References |
Biography
Born into a banking family in Frankfurt am Main, Frank served in the Imperial German Army on the Western Front during World War I, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1918. He married Edith Holländer on 12 May 1925 in Frankfurt-am-Main, and their first daughter, Margot, was born on 16 February 1926, followed by Anne on 12 June 1929.
As the tide of Nazism rose in Germany and anti-Jewish decrees encouraged attacks on Jewish individuals and families, Frank decided to evacuate his family to the safer western nations of Europe. In the summer of 1933 he moved his family to Aachen, where his wife's mother resided, in preparation for a subsequent and final move to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. In 1938 and in 1941 he attempted to obtain visas for his family to emigrate to the United States or Cuba. He was granted a single visa for himself to Cuba on December 1, 1941, but no one knows if it ever reached him. Ten days later, when Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy declared war on the United States, the visa was cancelled by Havana.[1][2]
In response to a call-up notice sent to his daughter Margot in July 1942, Frank took his family into hiding in the upper rear rooms of the Opekta premises on the Prinsengracht. They were joined two weeks later by Hermann van Pels and his wife and son, and in November by Fritz Pfeffer. Their concealment was aided by Otto Frank's colleagues Johannes Kleiman, whom he had known since 1923, Miep Gies, Victor Kugler, and Bep Voskuijl.
They were concealed for two years, until they were betrayed by an anonymous informant in August 1944. Frank, his family, the four people he hid with, and Kugler and Kleiman were arrested by SS Officer Karl Silberbauer. After being imprisoned in Amsterdam, the Jewish prisoners were sent to the Dutch transit camp of Westerbork and finally to Auschwitz. Here Frank was separated from his wife and daughters. He was sent to the men's barracks and found himself in the sick barracks when he was liberated by Soviet troops on January 27, 1945. He travelled back to the Netherlands over the next six months and set about tracing his arrested family and friends. By the end of 1945, he knew he was the sole survivor of the family, and of those who had hidden in the house on the Prinsengracht.
Post war
After Anne Frank's death was confirmed in the summer of 1945, her diary and papers were given to Frank by Miep Gies, who had rescued them from the ransacked hiding place. He left them unread for some time but eventually began transcribing them for his relatives, and then with the view to publishing extracts. In 1947 the first Dutch edition of the diary was issued under the title 'Het Achterhuis'
Frank married a former neighbour and fellow Auschwitz survivor, Elfriede Geiringer-Markovits (1905-1998), in Amsterdam on November 10 1953, moved to Basel, Switzerland and devoted the last years of his life to promoting Anne Frank's message of tolerance and compassion. His widow continued his work until her death in October, 1998.
Further reading
★ ''The Diary of a Young Girl'', Anne Frank ISBN 0-553-29698-1
★ ''Anne Frank Remembered'', Miep Gies and Alison Leslie Gold ISBN 0-671-66234-1
★ ''The Hidden Life of Otto Frank'', Carol Ann Lee ISBN 0-670-91331-6
★ ''Roses from the Earth: the biography of Anne Frank'', Carol Ann Lee ISBN 0-670-88140-6
★ ''Love, Otto'', Cara Wilson ISBN 0-8362-7032-0
★ ''Eva's Story'', Eva Schloss ISBN 0-9523716-9-3
See also
★ People associated with Anne Frank
External links
★ Profile of Otto Frank's early life
★ Otto Frank during World War One, by the Anne Frank House
★ Otto Frank and the opening of the Anne Frank House
★ Quicktime interview with Otto Frank's second wife
★ Short article about Otto Frank's last years, with a photo taken in 1979
References
1.
Anne Frank family letters released
2.
In Old Files, Fading Hopes of Anne Frank’s Family
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