Did you know that you can take a look around at the Secret Annex online? Discover where Anne Frank hid for more than 2 years during WWII and where she wrote her diary. 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. You can explore the different rooms of the Se

Having lost his family in the Holocaust, Otto Frank devoted his life to educating others about the dangers of discrimination and prejudice. He was the driving force behind the publication of the diary written by his daughter, Anne Frank. He hoped that Anne's words would inspire unity and peace. In 1960, their former hiding place in Amsterdam opened to the public, further realising Otto's educational mission. Through the Anne Frank House, he aimed to encourage visitors to take action against prej