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Otto Frank is best known as Anne’s father. Without him, Anne's diary would not have been published, and without him, there would not have been an Anne Frank House. But of course, Otto Frank was much more than Anne's father: you can read his story here.
May 9, 2024 · Otto Frank 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, decorated for bravery as a German officer in World War I, escaped with his family from the Nazi anti-Jewish persecutions in Germany before the.
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May 12, 2023 · L to R: Miep Gies, Jan Gies and Otto Frank in 1961 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. Otto stayed with the Gieses for some seven years, witnessing the birth of their son Paul in 1950. He ...
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The Franks were an old German Jewish family. Otto Frank's father, a businessman, came from Landau in the Palatinate (a section of Germany). His mother's family can be traced in the archives of Frankfurt back to the seventeenth century. Otto Frank was born and grew up in Frankfurt-on-Main and, after graduating from high school, went into ...
Dec 11, 2008 · Biographies. Otto Frank. About Otto. Otto Frank was born on 12 May 1889 in Frankfurt, Germany. His father Michael was a banker and he had two brothers and a sister. Before the Secret...
Jan 7, 2019 · Anne Frank came to Amsterdam in February 1934. Her father Otto had been living there for over six months. He had left Germany for the Netherlands in July 1933 to set up his company Opekta. Edith joined him in September and started looking for a house. Meanwhile, Anne and her sister Margot stayed with their grandmother in Aachen.
