Anne frank and her family spent two years hiding in a secret attic apartment behind the office of a family owned business in amsterdam.
Ann frank people in attic.
Soon after they went into hiding.
Her sister her mother her father peter mrs.
Anne came up here to be alone and look at the chestnut tree.
The van pels family followed a week later.
The helpers provided food and clothing as well as books magazines and newspapers.
No there were only 8 people living in the attic including anne.
Employees and friends of anne s father.
Look around the attic where the people in hiding stored their food and hung their laundry.
Miep who is trusted by otto hides them in the attic above the office that was called the annexe.
In july 1942 otto frank decides to hide his family after his daughter margot is called to appear for transport to a nazi labor camp.
From 1942 to 1944 these eight people all lived in the secret annex.
They were completely dependent on six helpers.
In july 1942 the frank family went into hiding.
The two families already knew each other.
Anne kept a diary from 12 june 1942 until 1 august.
10 including anne frank.
Helped by several trusted employees of the company the group of eight survived in the achterhuis for more than two years before they were betrayed or possibly discovered in a raid targeting ration card fraud and arrested.
Anne came up here to be alone and look at the chestnut tree.
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An actress stage performance as anne frank was so bad that audience members yelled she s in the attic when nazi soldiers arrived onstage.
Hermann van pels worked for otto s company.