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Edith Frank ( née Holländer; 16 January 1900 – 6 January 1945) [1] was the mother of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank, and her older sister Margot. After the family were discovered in hiding in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation, she was transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp .
In all probability Edith and Otto Frank met through mutual friends. They married at the registry office on 8 May 1925 and in the synagogue of Aachen on 12 May. The couple settled in Frankfurt am Main. Their first daughter, Margot Betti, was born in 1926. Three and a half years later, in 1929, Annelies Marie - Anne - was born.
Edith Frank was a religious woman. Unlike Otto, she had regularly gone to synagogue before they went into hiding. She had also brought her prayer books to the Secret Annex. When Otto decided to read to Anne from the works of classical German writers such as Goethe and Schiller, Edith gave Anne her prayer book, with prayers in German and Hebrew.
Edith Frank was imprisoned in Auschwitz-Birkenau from 6 September 1944 until her death on 6 January 1945. After arrival and selection, the remaining women from the transport were considered potential forced labourers who could be used in the German war industry. The women therefore ended up in the part of Auschwitz-Birkenau that was considered ...
^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 3 October 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019. Pim is the pet name Anne used for her father. Related people (2) Edith Frank - Holländer Edith Frank-Holländer was the mother of Margot and Anne Frank. Person. Heinrich Jaulus
Edith Frank. Edith Frank (născută Holländer; n. 16 ianuarie 1900, Aachen, Regatul Prusiei, Imperiul German – d. 6 ianuarie 1945, Lagărul de exterminare Auschwitz-Birkenau, Germania Nazistă) a fost mama diaristei Anne Frank, nora lui Alice Betty (născută Stern) Frank și a lui Michael Frank, cumnata lui Robert, Herbert și Helene Frank.
Edith Frank was the mother of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank, and her older sister Margot. After the family were discovered in hiding in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation, she was transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
