The Secret Annex

1
The Secret Annex

• The place where Annes family and others went
  into hiding away from the Nazis and into another
  world.

2
Why Hide?

• Adolf Hitler
• Family fears separation

3
Preparations

• Dutch Opekta Company
• 263 Prinsengracht, Amsterdam
• Four employees offer help

4
Four Helpers

• Miep Gies
• Johannes Kleiman
• Victor Kugler
• Bep Voskuijl

Johannes
Victor
Bep
Otto Frank
Miep
5
The Start of Hiding

• July 6, 1942
• Start of Diary
• Frank family
• Van Pels family
• Fritz Pfeffer

Auguste
Hermann
Fritz
Peter
6
During Hiding

• Many fights occurred
• Very quiet
• -b/c business near
• 1st floor- Franks, Fritz
• 2nd floor- Van Pels
• -common room

7
Getting Discovered!

• August 4, 1944
• -1030 am
• Bookcase
• Everyone arrested
• -Bep Miep
• Discovers diary

8
Taken To Camps

• August 8, 1944
• -Westerbork
• September 3,1944
• -Auschwitz
• End of October
• -Bergen Belsen

9
Otto Frank

• ONLY survivor
• Return to 263
• Searches for Daughters
• Finds Annes Diary

10
263 Prinsengracht
"It would have been disrespectful to Anne's
spirit, if the hiding place had been only a
memorial, where mourners reflected in vain. Otto
Frank

• Turns into museum
• May 3,1960
• Restored house
• 900,000 visitors per year

11
Works Citied

• Anne Frank House. 25 Mar 2007. 3 Apr 2007
• lthttp//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Frank_House
  gt.
• In Hiding/Childhood/Betrayed. 28 Mar 2007
• lthttp//www.annefrank.org/content.asp?pid1lid
  2gt.
• Morine, Suzanne. The Secret Annexe. 06 Aug
  2005. 3 Apr 2007
• lthttp//www.geocities.com/afdiary/annexe.htmgt.
• Wukovits, John F. Anne Frank. San Diego, CA
  Lucent Books, 1999.