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Bernhard Paul "Buddy" Elias (2 June 1925 – 16 March 2015) was a Swiss actor and president of the Anne Frank Fonds, the foundation dedicated to preserving the memory of his cousin Anne Frank.
Bernhard Paul Elias (Buddy) was born in Frankfurt am Main on 2 June 1925. His mother Helene (Leni) was Otto Frank’s youngest sister and Anne’s aunt. As young parents, Leni and her husband Erich, together with their sons Stephan (*1921) and Bernhard, lived in the house of the boys’ grandmother, Alice Frank.
Mar 19, 2015 · Buddy Elias, with the help of his wife, Gerti, kept alive the memory of Anne Frank. Elias died this week.
Mar 18, 2015 · March 18, 2015 — It is with great sorrow that the Anne Frank House has learned of the death of Buddy Elias. Buddy Elias was a cousin of Anne and Margot Frank, and also chairman of the Anne Frank Fonds (Basel, Switzerland), which administers the copyright on the diary of Anne Frank.
Mar 19, 2015 · Buddy Elias, the closest living relative of Anne Frank and an ardent guardian of her legacy, died on March 16 at his home in Basel, Switzerland — a house whose attic yielded a cache of...
Mar 18, 2015 · BERLIN (AP) — Bernhard “Buddy” Elias, the first cousin and last close relative of teenage Holocaust diarist Anne Frank, has died at age 89. The Anne Frank Fonds said Wednesday that Elias died peacefully Monday at his home in Basel, Switzerland, surrounded by his family.
Buddy Elias: Ice-skating comedian who later became the zealous guardian of the legacy of his cousin, Anne Frank. The son of Anne's aunt, Elias presided over the Basel-based Anne Frank Fonds.
