Margot: A Dedicated Student in a New Land
After arriving in Amsterdam in December 1933, Margot Frank quickly settled into her new life. She began attending the Jeker School on January 4, 1934, which was conveniently located near her new home at Merwedeplein.
Margot’s innate intelligence and conscientious nature immediately shone through. She was a dedicated student who “works hard and soon becomes one of the best students in her class.” Her academic success was quickly recognized, and she received her first report card on February 15, 1934, just one day before her eighth birthday.
Her dedication was a source of great pride for her mother. Edith Frank captured Margot’s ambition in a letter to Kathi Stilgenbauer: “Our big girl, Margot, is very hard-working and already thinks of going on to college.”
This early success story is a touching reminder of Margot’s intellectual promise. Even as a child in a new country, she was focused on her future and higher education, a dream that, like so many others, would be tragically extinguished by the war.