Margot’s Quiet Confession On March 21, 1944, Margot Frank wrote a letter to her younger sister, Anne, that provides a rare and poignant insight into her inner world. The letter…
The Will to Be Happy On March 26, 1944, from the tight confines of the Secret Annex, Anne Frank wrote an entry that is one of the most remarkable statements…
The Writer's Vision: A Novel from the Secret Annex On March 29, 1944, Anne Frank recorded a moment in her diary that transformed her secret chronicle into a serious literary…
The Man with the Joke: Hermann van Pels Hermann van Pels was born on April 1, 1898. His life, like that of many others in the 1930s, was defined by…
The Quiet Strength of Margot Frank The earliest records of Margot Frank paint a picture of a delicate child with a quiet, thoughtful nature. Her early years were marked by…
A German Connection in Amsterdam In the years before the war, Anne Frank and Sanne Ledermann shared a quiet friendship with a German girl named Eva Goldberg. Because all three…
The Final Conversation Nanette (Nanny) Blitz König was one of the many young Jewish students whose life intersected with Anne Frank's in Amsterdam. Though they were classmates at the Jewish…
The School That Suited Anne On April 9, 1934, Anne Frank began her formal education at a local Montessori school on Niersstraat, close to her home. This school would be…
Please, Mary, Think of Me! In a beautiful, tender moment of childhood friendship, Anne Frank wrote a poem for her school friend, Mary Bos, in a friendship book on March…
The Door That Closed: Otto Frank’s Desperate Bid for Freedom The story of Otto Frank after the Nazi occupation is one of a father's desperate fight for his family's survival.…