“It’s an odd idea for someone like me, to keep a diary”
The Secret Confidante When Anne Frank received a diary for her thirteenth birthday, she had her doubts. In her first entry on June 21, 1942, she confessed that it was…
On June 25th 1947, Anne Frank’s diary was published for the first time under the name “Het Achterhuis” (The Secret Annex).
The Voice That Would Not Be Lost On June 25, 1947, a small book with a monumental story was published for the first time. Titled "Het Achterhuis" (The Secret Annex),…
This is June 1939. It is the only photograph of granny Holländer.
The Sweet and Peaceful Face In the Secret Annex, as her world grew smaller and smaller, Anne Frank found comfort in her memories. On September 28, 1942, she wrote about…
Tuesday 30 June 1942. I still have to give an account of the whole week.
The Last Days of Freedom On June 30, 1942, just days before her world would shrink to a few hidden rooms, Anne Frank wrote in her diary, chronicling her life…
Helmuth (Hello) Silberberg, born in 1926, got to know Anne in June 1942.
The Last Goodbye In the summer of 1942, as the world was closing in on Amsterdam's Jewish community, Anne Frank was experiencing a normal teenage life, filled with new crushes…
Sunday July 5, 1942, is a warm day, nearly thirty degrees.
The Knock That Changed Everything It was a warm, lazy Sunday, July 5, 1942. The sun beat down on Amsterdam, a quiet backdrop to a day that would become the…
Monday, July 6, 1942. It has been raining steadily since early morning
The First Steps into Hiding The morning of Monday, July 6, 1942, was not a morning for suitcases. In the early hours, Edith Frank woke her daughter Anne at half-past…
The Frank family lived at Merwedeplein 37 from December 1933 until they went into hiding in July 1942.
The House of Hope For the Frank family, their apartment at Merwedeplein 37 in Amsterdam was more than just a home; it was a sanctuary. They lived there from December…
The van Pels family arrived at the Secret Annex on July 13 in 1942
A New Family On July 13, 1942, the small, hidden space of the Secret Annex in Amsterdam grew a little more crowded. The van Pels family arrived, joining the Franks…
Anne in her diary 8 July, 1942
The World Turned Upside Down On July 8, 1942, just one day after her family went into hiding, Anne Frank wrote an entry in her diary that captures a profound…
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