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The Secret Annex

Take a look around and discover the Secret Annex where Anne Frank hid for more than 2 years during WWII and where she wrote her diary.

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Hiding in the Secret Annex on the Prinsengracht

In July 1942, the Frank family went into hiding. The Van Pels family followed a week later. The two families already knew each other: Hermann van Pels worked for Otto’s company. Four months later, they were joined by an eighth person: Fritz Pfeffer, an acquaintance of the Frank family.

prinsengracht 263 front stockroom rear stockroom tree front office rear office helpers staircase kitchen toilet otto frank storage front attic The attic of the Secret Annex Bathroom Landing with bookcase Entrance Room of Anne Frank and Fritz Pfeffer Otto, Edith, and Margot Frank’s room Peter van Pels´s room The room of Hermann and Auguste van Pels

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