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1 Anne Frank Huis

On 6 July 1942, to avoid their Nazi persecutors, the
Jewish Frank family moved from Merwedeplein to the
rear annexe of the house at Prinsengracht 263. Anne;
her mother, Edith; her father, Otto; and her older sister,
Margot, lived here, along with the Van Pels family and
dentist Fritz Pfeffer. It was here that Anne wrote her
famous diary. On 4 August 1944, the annexe was The Secret Entrance
raided by the Gestapo. All those hiding there were Behind the hinged bookcase was
arrested and taken to Nazi concentration camps. a small suite of rooms where the
eight hideaways lived.

Anne in May 1942
This photograph was taken in
1942, when Anne started writing
in the now-famous diary that she
had been given on 12 June 1942,
her 13th birthday. Less than one
month later, the Frank family went
into hiding.

KEY
1 Bathroom
2 Anne’s bedroom
3 Frank family bedroom
4 Van Pels family’s room
5 Attic
6 The annexe
7 Façade of Prinsengracht 263
8 Main building housing offices

View of the Annexe
The rear annexe of the house
adjoined the main building,
which housed the offices of Otto
Frank’s herb and spice business.
The museum website offers a
virtual 3-D tour of the annexe.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp396–7 and pp406–9

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