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After Auschwitz is liberated in January 1945, Otto returns to Amsterdam. On his way back, he hears of Edith’s death in Birkenau. He hopes Anne and Margot might still be alive, but then discovers that they too did not survive the war. Miep Gies gives him Anne’s diaries.
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In 1953, Otto marries Elfriede Geiringer and they moves to Basel in Switzerland. Over the years Otto answers thousands of letters from people who have read his daughter’s diary. In 1960 the Anne Frank House becomes a museum. Otto Frank remains involved with the Anne Frank House until his death and campaigns for human rights and respect.
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“I’m now almost ninety and my strength is slowly failing. Still, the task I received from Anne continues to restore my energy: to struggle for reconciliation and human rights throughout the world.”
