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archival history: The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Ryan M. Cooper, an acquaintance of Otto Frank.
biographical history: Anne Frank (1929-1945) was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Otto (1889-1980) and Edith (nee Holländer, 1900-1945). She had an older sister, Margot (1926-1945). Her father, Otto, worked for the family's banking business, founded in 1896 by his father. Although both Otto and Edith were Jewish, they raised their daughters in a secular household. Even as a young child, Anne had a lively and strong-willed personality, which contrasted with her sister’s reserved nature. On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany. Under Hitler, authorities quickly began suppressing the rights of Jews, and boycotting their businesses. Shortly after, Otto and Edith moved their family to the Netherlands. Edith’s family remained in Germany, while Otto’s mother and siblings immigrated to Switzerland, France, and England. After arriving in Amsterdam, Otto’s brother-in-law, Erich, helped him start a franchise of the Opekta company. Among his new employees were Johannes Kleiman (1896-1959), Victor Kugler (1900-1981), and Miep Santrouschitz (later Gies, 1909-2010). He also hired Bep Voskuijl (1919-1983) in 1937. Anne remained with her grandmother in Aachen until February 1934. The family moved into an apartment south of the city, in an area with many Jewish immigrants from Germany and Austria. In May, Anne began kindergarten at the local Montessori school. The Franks became close with their employees, and often hosted people at their home on Saturday afternoons. While living in Amsterdam, Anne enjoyed a carefree childhood, and the Franks regularly traveled to Switzerland to spend holidays with their family. In Germany, Edith’s family suffered from the ramifications of the Kristallnacht pogrom of November 1938. Her brothers were able to immigrate to the United States, and in March 1939, her mother, Rosa (1866-1942), immigrated to the Netherlands and moved in with the Franks. Otto started a second business, Pectacon, which sold herbs and spices. In 1939, he hired Herm…
physical characteristics and technical requirements: ix, 253 pages : portrait ; 19 cm a. Beige, hardcover book with dust jacket. The front of the dust jacket features a grayscale abstract image, with the title in large, white, script lettering across the center, the subtitle in small lettering along the bottom, and the author’s name across the top on yellow print. The back of the dust jacket is beige and has yellowed with age. The entire dust jacket is worn, with small tears along the edges. The cover has largely separated from the text block, attached only by the endpaper of the back cover. On the interior of the spine, where it has separated from the text block, is a strip of paper with printed text. b. Rectangular, clamshell box covered in an olive green synthetic material. The spine of the box has a small square of black synthetic leather, stamped with the author’s name and title in gold-colored foil. The box opens flat to reveal two large halves, separated by the spine. Each half has three, short sides and a tan-colored endpaper.
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has beginning date: 1947-01-01
has end date: 1947-12-31
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identifier: irn652080
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record resource extent: a: Height: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) | Width: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) b: Height: 8.375 inches (21.273 cm) | Width: 5.125 inches (13.017 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
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scope and content: One of two copies of the first edition of Anne Frank’s “Het Achterhuis” (“The Secret Annex”), given to Miep and Jan Gies by Anne’s father, Otto Frank. The book includes the original dust jacket and protective clamshell case, and was one of 1500 copies printed in the first run. Anne Frank was a German Jewish girl who immigrated to Amsterdam, Netherlands, with her parents, Otto and Edith, and older sister, Margot. Germany invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940. Under German occupation, antisemitic restrictions were enforced, and Otto set up a hiding place in the attic of his business. The family moved into their hidden rooms on July 6, 1942, and were later joined by four others. Otto’s most trusted employees, including Miep and Jan Gies, immediately agreed to help them, at great risk to their own safety. While in hiding, Anne documented her thoughts and the group’s daily activities in a diary. In late March 1944, she began editing her diary and notebooks, with the goal of publishing it after the war. After two years, the hiding place was raided on August 4, 1944. The group was arrested and imprisoned in Westerbork transit camp. On September 3, they were all deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center in German-occupied Poland. In late October 1944, Anne and Margot were transferred to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. Both Anne and Margot died of typhus in March 1945. Anne’s father, Otto, was the only member of the group to survive the Holocaust. He returned to Amsterdam on June 3, 1945, and moved in with Miep and Jan Gies. After learning of Anne’s death, Miep gave Otto Anne’s diary, notebooks, and papers that she had salvaged from the annex in 1944. Two years after the war, Otto found a publisher for the diary, and the first edition, titled “Het Achterhuis,” was released in the summer of 1948.
title: The Secret Annex First edition of Anne Frank’s Het Achterhuis given to a Dutch couple dagboekbrieven van 12 Juni 1942 - 1 Augustus 1944 diary letters from 12 June 1942 - 1 August 1944