1942July 1942–August 1944 · Amsterdam

Anne Frank in hiding

The canal-side frontage of the Anne Frank House on the Prinsengracht, Amsterdam — Photo: Ank Kumar. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Anne Frank, her family and four other Jews hid for two years in a secret annex behind a bookcase at Prinsengracht 263, helped by her father's employees. They were betrayed and arrested in August 1944, and Anne died in Bergen-Belsen in early 1945. Her diary, published by her father, has been translated into more than 70 languages.

Holocaust & Remembrance
Jewish Heritage
Literary History
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sites

Site 1: Anne Frank HouseThe original annex rooms behind the moving bookcase.Map ↗
Site 2: WesterkerkThe church whose bells Anne heard and wrote about.Map ↗
Site 3: National Holocaust MuseumMuseum and the former theatre used as a deportation centre.Map ↗