Anne is arrested along with all the others. In the Auschwitz concentration camp, Anne ends up in the same barracks as her mother and sister. Later, Anne and Margot are taken to Bergen-Belsen. Anne dies there in March 1945, at the age of 15.
On 4 August 1944, everyone in the Secret Annex is arrested. Someone has betrayed them. They are deported first to the Westerbork transit camp, and then on to Auschwitz. Otto Frank is the only person from the Secret Annex to survive the camps. The others all die. The identity of their betrayer has never been established.
The people in hiding and the two male helpers are arrested
“Of course, all of us had to work in the camp, but in the evenings we were free and we could be together...
The men are placed in one part of the camp, the women in another.
Somebody called the German Security Police to notify them that Jews were in hiding at 263 Prinsengracht...
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“If it's that bad in Holland, what must it be like in those faraway and uncivilized places where the Germans are sending them? We assume that most of them are being murdered. The English radio says they're being gassed. Perhaps that's the quickest way to die. I feel terrible.”
Edith has trouble settling down in the Netherlands.
Otto and Edith’s daughter, Anne’s sister Margot is a quiet, serious girl who enjoys studying.
I cant even imagine the pain of these poor people....... this is very sad that so many people had to die because of their religion. :(
Tiffany, United Kingdom - 16 May 2013 Comment on: The fate of the men
I feel more for her dad .. atleast anne is with her sister .
melanie, 14 - denver - United States - 15 May 2013 Comment on: Arrival at camp Auschwitz
I cant believe Anne died so young. Sometimes I wish I could go back in time and stop the holocaust from happening.
Brandon, 13 - Visalia - Pacific Ocean - 15 May 2013 Comment on: The betrayal has never been solved
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