Search results
May 9, 2024 · Died: August 20, 1980, Basel, Switzerland (aged 91) Notable Family Members: daughter Anne Frank. Otto Frank (born May 12, 1889, Frankfurt am Main, Germany—died August 20, 1980, Basel, Switzerland) was a German-born merchant best known as the father of Anne Frank, whose diary, published after her death in 1945, became world famous. Frank ...
Person. Otto Heinrich Frank. Born on: May 12, 1889. Born in: Frankfurt am Main, Duitsland. Died on: Aug. 19, 1980. Died in: Bazel, Zwitserland. Otto Frank, Amsterdam, mei 1936. Fotocollectie: Anne Frank Stichting, Amsterdam. Publiek domein.
Jan 17, 2022 · Of the eight taken away, Otto Frank was the only survivor. The others were among the 100,000 Dutch Jews—three-quarters of the country's Jewish population—to die at the hands of the Nazis.
- CBS News
- 28 min
In August 1915, Otto Frank went into the German army. He was trained as a gunner. From the autumn of 1915 onwards, he was stationed at the Western Front. He was part of a so-called Lichtmesstrupp: a unit that detected and calculated the location of enemy guns and passed information about the trajectory on to the artillery.
Any noise from upstairs might arouse suspicion, and so the people in hiding were absolutely forbidden from using the water drainage that ran along the storeroom. ‘Not a drop of water, no WC, no walking, everything quiet.’ [Anne Frank, ‘Wenn die Uhr halb neune schlägt’, 6 augustus 1943; in ‘The secret annex’ 23 august 1943].
People also ask
What happened to Otto Frank?
Who is Otto Frank?
What happened to Otto Frank after Auschwitz?
How did Anne and Frank die?
On 4 August 1944, Otto Frank and the other people in hiding were arrested in a raid by the SD on the Secret Annex. Helpers Johannes Kleiman and Victor Kugler were also arrested. Event