The people in hiding walked around in socks and still had to be quiet, but sounds from above now caused less suspicion. The rest of the morning was devoted to reading, studying, and preparing for their lunch break. At pm, the warehouse workers went home for lunch, and the helpers and people in hiding had the place to themselves for a while. Jan Gies Miep's husband frequently joined them as well, although he worked elsewhere. Miep Gies usually stayed in the office to keep an eye on things.
For the people in hiding, it was nice to see other people and to hear the latest news from the city. At 1 pm, the radio was switched on for the BBC news. At pm, they had lunch and at pm, the helpers went back to work. After the people in hiding had cleared everything away, most of them took an afternoon nap. Anne used that time for studying or writing.
At pm, the warehouse workers went home. Helper Bep Voskuijl usually came by to see if the people in hiding needed anything. Unemployment was high and poverty was severe in Germany, and it was the period in which Adolf Hitler and his party were gaining more and more supporters. Hitler hated the Jews and blamed them for the problems in the country. He took advantage of the rampant antisemitic sentiments in Germany. The hatred of Jews and the poor economic situation made Anne's parents, Otto and Edith Frank, decide to move to Amsterdam.
There, Otto founded a company that traded in pectin, a gelling agent for making jam. Before long, Anne felt right at home in the Netherlands.
She learned the language, made new friends and went to a Dutch school near her home. Her father worked hard to get his business off the ground, but it was not easy. Otto also tried to set up a company in England, but the plan fell through. Things looked up when he started selling herbs and spices in addition to the pectin.
Not long after, on 10 May , the Nazis also invaded the Netherlands. Five days later, the Dutch army surrendered. Slowly but surely, the Nazis introduced more and more laws and regulations that made the lives of Jews more difficult.
For instance, Jews could no longer visit parks, cinemas, or non-Jewish shops. It is required reading at schools around the globe and has been adapted for the stage and screen. Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Subscribe for fascinating stories connecting the past to the present. Now, officials from the Anne Frank House in A car pulled up outside a narrow brick building in central Amsterdam, around 10 a.
High up in the Annex of Prinsengracht, eight Jews had been hiding since Members of the Gestapo emerged from the car and made their way inside, where they arrested On July 18, , Otto Frank learned the awful truth. He already knew that his wife, unlike himself, had perished inside the walls of Auschwitz, and now survivors of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp returned to Amsterdam with the news that his two teenaged daughters, Margot On August 4, , police in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam raided a warehouse and arrested eight Jews who were hiding in an annex disguised behind a bookcase.
Among those captured was Anne Frank, a year-old schoolgirl who had spent over two years living in the cramped safehouse with This was the last transport from Westerbork to Auschwitz. The transport arrived in Auschwitz two days later with 1, Jews on board. Men and women were separated. All of the Secret Annex residents were selected for forced labor. Like other Jews selected for labor, the women chosen from this transport, including Anne, Edith, and Margot, were tattooed with prisoner numbers.
Records indicating their exact numbers have not been preserved. Although Anne Frank's death certificate documents her movement between camps, it does not include her tattoo ID number either. Anne and her sister, Margot were transferred to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany in early November Anne Frank died at the age of Margot Frank died at the age of 19, also in February or March Both Margot and Anne died of typhus. SS officials also selected Anne's parents for labor.
Anne's mother, Edith died in Auschwitz in early January Only Anne's father, Otto, survived the war. He was liberated from Auschwitz by Soviet forces on January 27,
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