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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Prinsengracht 267. Map 1 B4.
Tel 020-5567105.
∑ annefrank.org
Open Apr–Oct: 9am–10pm daily;
Nov–Mar: 9am–7pm daily (to
9pm Sat). Closed Yom Kippur.
& check website for details.
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Transport
v 13, 14, 17. @

Anne and Fritz Pfeffer’s Bedroom
Anne and Fritz slept on the first floor of the
annexe. On Anne’s bedroom walls were photos
of film stars, which she collected. Anne wrote
most of her diary at the table here.

The Helpers
The people in hiding were wholly
dependent on their helpers, all
of whom were close colleagues
of Anne’s father, Otto Frank. From
left to right: Miep Gies, Johannes
Kleiman, Otto Frank, Victor
Kugler and Bep Voskuijl.

Museum Guide
The rear annexe is accessible via the reconstructed
offices of Otto Frank. The building beside Anne
Frank Huis holds various exhibitions. It also
houses a café, shop and information desk.

The Diary of Anne Frank
Otto Frank returned to Amsterdam in 1945 to
discover that his entire family had perished: his
wife, Edith, in Auschwitz and his daughters, Anne
and Margot, in Bergen-Belsen. Miep Gies, one of
the family’s helpers while they were in hiding, had
kept Anne’s diary. First published in 1947, it has
since been translated into 55 languages, with some
20 million copies sold. For many, Anne symbolizes
the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis in World
War II. The diary is a moving portrait of a little girl
growing up in times of oppression.

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