How did Otto Frank escape?

Otto Frank escaped Nazi Germany with his wife and two daughters soon after Hitler came to power in 1933. They lived a peaceful life in Amsterdam until May 1940, when Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands. Otto, determined to leave Europe with his family, contacted an old college friend in the United States for help.

Who survived the Holocaust in Anne Frank’s family?

The Franks and four other Jews who were hiding with them were discovered by authorities on August 4, 1944. The only member of the Frank family who survived the Holocaust was Anne’s father, Otto, who later worked diligently to get his daughter’s diary published.

When was Otto Frank released from the concentration camp?

January 1945
Anne and her elder sister, Margot, were moved to the Nazi concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen, where they both died of typhus in March 1945. Their mother died in Auschwitz, but Frank was freed by the Soviets in January 1945.

What happened to Otto Frank after he was captured?

On 3 June 1945, ten months after his arrest, Otto was back in Amsterdam. To his great relief, the helpers of the Secret Annex had all survived the war. Otto moved in with helpers Jan and Miep Gies. Carte de Rapatrié; Otto Frank needed this document to travel from Auschwitz, via Marseille (France) to Amsterdam.

Was Otto Frank the only survivor?

Frank was the only one to survive. In 1947, he published daughter Anne Frank’s journal under the title The Diary of a Young Girl. He died in Basel, Switzerland, on August 19, 1980.

Did Miep Gies visit Wilson High?

As depicted in the film, the real Miep Gies did come to speak to Erin’s students after they raised enough money to fly her from Amsterdam. Miep was 87 when she came to speak at Woodrow Wilson high school in Long Beach, California. She came during the 1994/1995 school year. “People sometimes call me a hero,” says Gies.

How long did Anne Frank’s family remain in hiding?

Anne Frank spent 761 days in the Secret Annex. Although each day was different from the last, there was a certain rhythm to life in the Secret Annex. Based on Anne’s diary and a few of her short stories, we can reconstruct what typical weekdays and Sundays in the Secret Annex would have been like.

Who gave up Anne Frank’s hiding place?