Anne Frank House, Amsterdam Metropolitan Area

Anne Frank House - details and images

Anna's story has become famous around the world through her diary, found among the ruins of the house and published the only survivor of her family, her father Otto Frank. In 1957 the new owner of property donated to the Anne Frank Foundation arranged in a museum dedicated to the persecution of Jews in World War II.

Anne Frank Memorial House is no different from other houses in the old part of town: a building with multiple floors connected by narrow steep stairs and built in 1653 by a Dutch trader. In 1940, the Frank family (emigrated from Frankfurt) bought the house and opened a business with spices.

The core of the museum is represented by the secret annex behind the house where they hid the Frank family members not to be deported. This rather obscure and narrow space, was the place where Anne and her family had to stand in silence during the day, spending time reading Dickens or pasting pictures on the walls of Hollywood stars. The first floor of the museum contains evidence, testimony and documents about new forms of social discrimination and antisemitism.

Anne Frank was one of the Jewish victims, persecuted by the Nazis during the Second World War. After Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940, persecutions of Jews were more serious. Anne Frank's family tried to escape by hiding. In July 1942, Otto Frank and Edith Frank and their daughters Margot and Anne hid in the building on the Prinsengracht. Later they were joined by Daan family.

The building consists of two parts: the front and a back annex. The family business of Otto Frank was Located in front of the house. The top floors of the rear annex became hiding from the Nazis looking for Jews. After nearly two years, the group was betrayed and were deported. Anne and Margot died of typhus in 1945, just weeks before the camp was liberated by the allies to be concentrated. Otto Frank, the only surviving member of the group, returned to the house after the war.

In time they were hiding, Anne Frank kept a diary. In this diary she described daily life in the rear annex, which lived in isolation and fear of discovery. Anne's diary survived the war being found by someone when she learned that Anne does not return to Otto Frank returned. First edition in Dutch as Anne Frank's diary was published in 1947. Since then the journal has been published in more than 55 languages.

Schedule:
Daily: from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
From March 29 until September 1st: 9 AM to 9 PM
On May 4: 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
On 31 December: 09:00 - 17:00
On a inanuarie and December 25: 12:00 - 19:00
Last Login: 30 minutes before closing.

Because of very steep stairs, the museum is not accessible to people with disabilities.

Address:
Prinsengracht 263, Amsterdam

Bus:
21, 170, 171 or 172 Westermarkt station.

Rates:
Over 18 years: € 8.50
10-17 years: € 4.00
0-9 years: free

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