If Otto Frank and his family moved to Switzerland or Ireland instead of Netherlands, Anne and Margot Frank might still live in their 90s if they moved before the second World War happened.
@@sharptoothtrex4486 I agree. I'm surprised (at least with all the info we have), why didn't the Franks try to go to Switzerland instead of the Netherlands?
My husband always asks me why I watch such sad things and I told him its because it needs to not be forgotten. We need to remember and tell our children and keep peoples stories alive like Anne frank . We owe it to the survivors to to never forget .
Generation after generation yes should be made aware and pass it on to never be forgotten also the history of slavery of a whole face of black people in this country USA
Same nobody understands me but I’m like how is it any different than y’all being obsessed with crime shows? It’s just an old big crime. Essentially. I’ve always felt obsessed with the Holocaust and the equal rights movement with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., etc. Idk why just always have been.
Anne Frank has become more than she ever imagined. She wanted to be known as a writer and her father made that dream come true. It is as difficult for me to listen to the information about her as it was to walk through her house when I visited Amsterdam. Her life is an inspiration and a tragedy but remembering her and all those lost in the Holocaust will ensure it will never be allowed to happen again. We must never let it be forgotten. Anne Frank this is your legacy to mankind.
@@tls9507 I’m sure I will be sorry for engaging, but unless you think Covid was purposefully unleashed as a bioweapon to target a specific ethnic or religious group (while still not omitting your own), it’s not remotely similar. Making comparisons cheapens what Anne Frank and so many others went through. If you had said it happened again in Rwanda or between the Serbians and Croatians, you would be correct. Humans becoming so obsessed with hate where they try to wipe out a certain ethnic or religious group is entirely different from a non-sentient virus which knows none of these arbitrary groupings mankind puts on itself.
@@tls9507 covid is nothing like the Holocaust. It is not targeting one race, one religion. It is not a group of people trying to exterminate innocent individuals. Too compair the Holocaust to covid is disgusting
@harmony3279it was hard enough to leave Germany. He may have been somewhat monied but with all the sanctions placed on the country and city, it would have been nearly impossible to leave. If a Jew couldn’t enter a park, you think they’d be allowed to travel to Switzerland (the only neutral place that comes to mind at the moment)?
Sadly that was the fate of the lucky 🍀 ones too! As most of them died. Obviously leaving the lucky few survivors alone as you said. But it’s sad to think that after what they had already been through during the war they now had no family or home or money or ids just nothing. Life after was so difficult. It’s just so unfair. 💔
Well think South-Africa during the apartheid regime, Stalin’s USSR, Cambodia, former Yugoslavia, current Israel Palestine conflict, even the reason BLM movement needed to be founded. As long as the mind resetting is introduced like a dripping faucet till it is a stream of water it is accepted by the majority of people.
@@Oogaini Races are not real, we human beings are SO diverse as an Organism we adapt to the environment of the earth through Physical features, Hitler was so full of shit that Owens shut his stupid mouth up. He ran away like the rat that he was and died as such, a frustrated Artist that even fellow nationalists felt sketchy about, he was a foreigner, an Austrian not German.
The Holocaust was foretold in the Bible. Look how many people hate or discriminate against the Jews and other nationalities as well. The devil is as real as God is and he also hates God and Gods people. Christians as well.
Yes, when I learned that it was like the agony and pain was new and is unbearable. What a terrible crime was perpetrated against them all. It is all so sad.
Everyone understands why Anne didn't write nice things about her mother. She was a young teen. She was seeking independence and autonomy and Mom's job is to guide, protect and keep her in line. In those circumstances, with that fear, it must have been an impossible task. If they had the lives they should have have, Anne would have come to appreciate and adore her mother, and we see Edith Frank as who she was....a Mom doing her best like all of us, but who lived the impossible.
I don't know. She had pretty well developed ideas as to why her mother was not the nurturing sort of mother that she longed for. She could not confide in her mother as she felt she should be able to. I think she was right that her mother was closed off in a way that is not normal or inevitable.
We are often just more like one or the other of our parents. I was much more like my Dad and related much more to him. He died when I was in my 20s and I was totally crushed to lose him. In later years, my mother and I finally had a closer relationship. Through research, I found out why it had been hard to be close to her and once I understood I was able to excuse some things in her behavior and have more compassion for what she had been through in her early years that shaped her personality.
Sorry, i don’t know what your source, but that’s not true at all, Bible is not in the top rank nor Ann Frank diary is on the 2nd, my grandfather who is a publisher and librarian for 47 years and sitting next to me now smirked when he read your comment, but as for translated non-fiction books, yes Bible in the 1st then Quran is the 2nd
@@trinitybertinelli552 The Bible is the top rank. Don't know about Anne Diary though. If they're not tell me the top one. Don't just disagree without providing the evidence
@@trinitybertinelli552 yes thank you I also agree the Bible likely first then Quran second. This makes sense because of population size of each of the faiths exceed others.
I visited Anne’s hiding place in the summer of ‘78 before anything had been cordoned off. Ceiling too low in places to stand and an area not much larger than a prison cell for four people. Anne’s story and that of Corrie ten Boom’s book “The Hiding Place” never fail to reduce me to tears. I know it’s because of what happened to this precious little girl, but also by the similarities in what I see happening every day in what we do in little ways to each other. The carnage doesn’t stop and then ironically when it happens to us we become bewildered and enraged.
I have been there a few times, I live in the Netherlands, it is interesting that my observations were different. I remember that i could stand everywhere and also a spacious kitchen.
@@lienbijs1205 It has been over 40 years since I was there and I guess my thoughts of being in Anne’s situation then and now make everything seem more oppressive than it actually was. I have fond memories of the Netherlands and I appreciate a post from someone who lives there. Thank you for sharing your experience!
I read The Hiding Place a few times and it's my favorite book. Knowing what they suffered made me thankful for everything in my life. That is so cool you visited there, I would have loved to see her house and where they hid.
Yes humans suck ... The real world is horrible. Stick with your own because rarely are good people ever in powerful positions to do good things . People who crave power , tend to acquire power .
I shall never forget my first trip to Amsterdam and walking through the secret hiding place. Emotion overwhelmed me as I stood in Anne's room, and seeing those photos and clippings on the walls. I felt as though I were trespassing. Despite it being May, I felt ice in my veins as I emerged from the house and found the statue of Anne nearby with red swastikas painted on it. At that time, I still lived in America and that war, something one read about or saw glimpses of in selected and edited newsreels. Sadly, history is repeating itself.
Acts 22:16 - And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. Romans 3:23 - For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
I remember reading Anne's diary in school and bawling like a baby at the end knowing what happened to her after the last entry. Some of my brainless classmates made jokes about her writing or her descriptions of life in hiding. I punched one in the face for saying she got what she deserved. I made both of my children read her diary so that they would know that evil does exist in this world and what that evil looks like but that innocence, beauty and hope also exist and what that looks like as well. We all must bear witness to the atrocity of this monstrous act of evil and cruelty. We have to watch the testimonials of the survivors. We have to read the words of the dead so their voices can be heard. We have to remember so that nothing like this can ever happen again. We have to confront hard and uncomfortable truths and look ourselves in the mirror. We have to stop for sec and think before we act. May God bless and keep each and every man, woman and child that perished in this unspeakable act.
I'm tearing right now and have been for weeks after learning about Anne Frank and can't stop being obsessed with it. Researching and binge watching videos of her.
@whosthatgirl6559 And allowing someone to say something like that is no better than the German population that kept their mouths shut about the holocaust despite knowing about it. Doing nothing or saying nothing allows evil to persist. In what world is it right to say Anne Frank deserved what she got during WWII?? Explain that to me and I will explain why I decked a kid 5 years older than me when he opened his mouth and spat the vile sentence out of his mouth. Keep in mind I was a 9 yr old girl and a teenager said that to me. I will never apologize for standing my ground and defending a human being that had been brutally murdered because she was Jewish.
I met Eva Schloss in 2017 in Westerbork where she held a lecture and she also signed my book. It was really emotional meeting her in that former camp from where she was deported to Auschwitz in 1944. The encounter effected me for days after.
The story of Eva Schloss, Anne Frank and their families is heart wrenching. Through the survivors, the world came to know the atrocities pelted on them by the Nazis. What terrible twists of fate they faced. Some were lucky to survive the hardships but many were not. RIP to all innocents who did not survive this torcher.
I got a chance to meet Eva and hear her speak and I adore her. ❤ I am also re-reading Annes diary and she really was such an inspiring and amazing young lady. ❤❤❤
I had the privilege to go to Amsterdam January 2023 and was able to visit Anne’s house. It was so surreal. I’m so thankful for this opportunity. I hope to take my kids one day soon.
One of the best documentaries on Anne I've seen. And here I am thinking I'm cool for going through online school because of corona! But, I have to say, I don't think Anne represents the victims of the Holocaust; she is her own story. We can't forget that 6 million innocent people went through the same torture that she did. Anne's story does not define theirs, despite how beautiful and tragic it is. Miep Gies, one of the helpers, even stated her opinion on that in Melissa Müller's biography of Anne.
Shahida J. Nur I don’t think Anne’s story defines all the other Holocaust victims but she has become a symbol of them. She was often the first real person most people learned about that made them aware of those persecuted and her story was an introduction to what had happened under the Reich. It was also the fact that she was a teenager that meant her diary was read by millions of school age young people where they could identify with her and then learn about the rest of the events of the war. I remember my mom telling me about reading it for the first time, Anne was only two years older than she was, and how she compared what had happened to Anne while she was living in San Francisco during that time. It was my mom’s interest that caused me to be curious about the Holocaust and lots more studying of it. I am grateful that I was able to see Eva Schloss give a talk in person. As you say in your comment knowing what happened to Anne, her family, and then others during this war gives us perspective on our own life challenges which allows us to do a better job of handling adversity and plan for our response to those events in our lives. Keep studying, you are living history just as Anne did.
@@zuzuspetals9281 Both my parents were WWII vets. I was born in 1947, was an only child, learned to read young. I don’t know how old I was when I first read the diary. I was actually introduced to WWII by a librarian at St.Clements Public Library in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦. Sometime between the ages of 4 and 8, she gave me a book about children in Europe struggling to survive in the rubble. That was my start. I am among what I think is a minority of people who have chosen to come to terms with the astonishing horrors of Naziism at the time it first arose and was given unimaginable power to do harm.
Omfg no way 🤯 You are so lucky 🍀 I would give anything omfg I’m obsessed with the Holocaust and that would be a highlight moment of my life for sure I bet it is for you as it sounds like it is 🤩♥️
I wonder if she kept her diary at their apartment thinking she would be back. I would think that if she had taken it with her Meip would have known she had it and would have tried to save hers the same as Anne’s was saved.
It was the manager of the company appointed by Otto Frank while he was in hiding. Otto found out he was robbing the company blind and they had a huge row. The manager then exposed them all.
@@aprilwest1883 Might have been the managers wife, but I know Otto accused one his his managers of stealing and they had a big row. Next thing they were caught..
My mom went on a business trip to Amsterdam and brought me back a copy of her diary. I still have it today, it had such a profound impact on not only who I am but how I grew up. I was around the same age as Anne Frank when I was given the book, it taught me to be humble, to never take things for granted and so much more. It’s so much more real when you can see your family in hers, Theres my Dad, my mom, me and my younger sister. That really got me interested in history and sociology, still a history buff today. It’s only when we understand the history we teach can we truly stop history from repeating itself.
I was 13 when we read it in school. And I wanted my own copy for my 14th birthday and my family made it happen. They had to go to a small bookshop tucked in between two big stores in a shopping plaza (because for some reason books a million didn't have it at the time) but they found a copy for me
Eva really lucked out with Otto as her stepdad because of how good he was always with children. I wonder how well Anne would have gotten on with her stepsister and stepmother.
@@AstarionWifey they actually weren't as close as you saying. If you actually do research and read some of the diary you would know they weren't that close at, and had different friend groups. They had one friend in common which was Sanne. They were playmates when they were younger too of course since they lived in the same area. Anne was much closer to Hanneli(hannah) and Sanne who she wrote in 1942 saying they were her best friends . Then at before she went into hiding she actually considered Jacqueline( Jacque) as one of her best friends. What's very interesting to me though is that Hannah actually ended up seeing her while she was at the camp, on the other side of it. She helped Anne by throwing her a package of some small items, and really thinks Anne would of made it, if she knew Otto was alive. What really gets me is the fact that a fair bit of Annes closet friends actually ended up surviving the war/holocaust, it kills me that Anne didn't. Even Nanette who was friends with Anne from school. She was in the same camp as Anne, and was one of the people who report on Anne and Margot deaths to Otto.
It is so important for this to be taught in our public school system and that we would never forget this atrocity but I fear we already have and that just makes me cry.
I had a lot of special interests as a child. Anne Frank was one of them. I read every book. Garage sales were something that we did on the weekends. I remember the night before I became so hyper focused on finding the book by Miep, the next day I found it not even an hour into the day.
She wanted to become a writer....and now she's one of the most famous in history ❤ Well done documentary. I am so happy Ava's family and Otto found happiness again.
I went to the Anne Frank Huis around 10 years ago and to be in the space that I read about over and over again, felt unreal and so, so sad. I bumped my shins going up the stairs, I looked out the window as the church bells rang, and I stared at the wall of her bedroom where all her celebrity pictures still hung. I cried so much.
I visited Bergen Belsen after one of my many journeys through her diary . It was an eerie disturbing thought that she and her sister lay in one if the mass graves there ! Bergen Belsen is a beautiful , quiet , well kept places surrounded by trees , it’s hard to imagine that such horrors lurk there .
All of this pain, yet we still march forward as if it never happened. Bad things happen to others to remind us of our shared inhumanity, but of our GREAT resilience and optimism.
I read this book in 4th grade in the 80s and I was hooked on learning about the 2ND WW and why this had to happen...it's scary to see similar things happen today...will we ever learn???
I have been through so many copies of Anne's diary because since I first saw the play with millions Perkins playing Anne. I will always have a copy. Yet, I cary each time I read about the Frank's and watch all movies on her I cary every time. It is so pertinent to what is happening today in America.
One of the best true stories I have ever read. I truly wish she had survived but am glad her father had it put into print. A story that should be read by all and it's lessons learned. Unfortunately I see a lot happening now that shadows what happened then. Some never learn from the past.
I read the Diary of Anne Frank as a 7th grader. I can still remember my crying as I ende the book. My connection with the people of Abraham happened right then there. It made me look at my friends Leah Edleman and Jordy Fedder much deeper.
The story is tragic, but the ending is very touching. That these people that were essentially abandoned by the world had found each other. That Otto’s late daughter had brought them together without even realizing how important that would be. I think Anne would be so proud of her legacy, and that of her father’s
I use to be obsessed with the Holocaust. I have always thought Anne Frank's life stressful and boring. Always being on high alert sounds miserable. Learning more about my history has showed me that even in the most dier situation humans can find moments of laughter and joy.
My favorite book when I was younger was the diary of Anne frank I used to read it over and over and I would never not read it and when u got older I did research and I was just shook
@@aprilwest1883 how long is the diary? is it like an abridged version made specially for children or young adults? cause i can't imagine someone going over and over again on someone's diary. if it's like less than 200 pages and would usually take less than a day to finish then i'd understand.
I read the comic book version of her diary after I lost my house in a flooding, in the school where I was living. I saw myself in a similar situation, no house, not much food, not knowing when I could leave, afraid of all the criminal activity that was happening at survivor places. Her diary helped me so much in that situation.
Anne Franke life will always live in our hearts and mind as her diary will live in history forever never to be forgotten. We shared the same birthday month only by a few days apart
She was small. I went to the house and it, too, was small. I went to the museum in Los Angeles where they recreated the platforms and again, I felt small and helpless. Outside in the lobby where people could dry tears after the museum tour was over people gathered around evidence of the survivors. Something presumably boring was way over there. My feeling of wanting to run away made me leave the crowd and walk over. Check it out. It was her diary. All alone in a tiny glass case standing away from all other exhibits. No one paid attention. Just sitting there all alone. A little book. So small.
ANNE FRANK I am just glad that you and your sister were always together nobody deserves to be treated and suffer that way it hurts me to talk about it so I pray , May the perpetual light shine upon them , May They All Rest In Peace AMEN . 🕊💔🌸🙏🏽🙏🏽🌸💔🕊
I received The Diary of Anne Frank as a gift at age 12. I was mesmerized by this book. I’m so glad a chance was taken to bring the diary to the United States.
It is wonderful to see what happened after the war and concentration camp . I truly appreciate that Otto did publish the whole diary. He could have had some entries withheld. Thank you so much for this.
He withheld alright. When it was first published there were some pretty raunchy passages about her and Peter. It was changed to please the American public. Seeing as Otto and another dude wrote the book in the first place makes it all the more disgusting.
As the saying goes, "learn from history so not to repeat history". Everyone needs to know this event and pass it on to the next generation, etc. Never to be forgotten!!! 🙏
I breaks my heart also. As bad as everything was going on, Anna,’ heart and soul were never darkened or touched. Can you even fathom that? She earned her wings and is living in bliss with the Lord in his home. What a beautiful little Girl. I will always think of her and she changed history. God Bless you.
Yeah, she taught the world of people don't think negatively. Just turned negative to positive in the survival and fight. She does not want people to have the same as her in horrible situations like that. 🙂
A verty sad story, but one of millions of stories od death in wars, and of cruelty. If everyone could read her story, perhaps they could fight back against those who seek power over others
@@ladonnaragsdale8959 First learn to spell it's America, second no Trump isn't doing ANYTHING that the NAZIS and Hitler did, you need to educate yourself before you open your mouth with your verbal vomit TROLL
If I imagine my boyfriend to have died just days before he could've been saved while I'm sitting in my furnished flat I could bawl and bawl and bawl. These people have suffered more than anyone ever should. I'm so sorry
When I first learned about the Holocaust I COULD NOT believe that something SO cruel could happen.. but now I know what happened and I know it’s true but some part of me still can’t believe it.. and it’s truly said something people don’t even know about Anne Frank or the Holocaust 😭📔💔
I was a little surprised by the definitive edition of the diary because it had kept that 1/3 that was originally omitted. It really gave Anne more facets to her. I didn’t know before I bought that edition that there had been an edit for the one that I first read as a teenager
I remember a story about the Nazis in France. They gathered up every man, woman, & child in a small town, locked them in a church, & set it on fire, just so they could use their town as a makeshift fort. & now that town is preserved behind a fence & they give guided tours.
I'm french and we learned about this town in school.. it so tragic and hard to believe. A lot happened in France I live next to a field where an American plane crash at the end of WWII. Every year the town put flowers on the field and the man have is name written on the memorial even tho he was not from here
mry ftne We thank the people of your town for this remembrance each year. It’s quite thoughtful and shows the appreciation of freedom everyone was hoping for and the sacrifices it took to secure it.
Actually, it was done in retaliation to the partisan killing of two German officers. After it was declassified by American officials in 2005, A deposition said that they found a baby had been crucified. It was absolutely horrible what was done.
This was the town of Orador-sur-Glane, and the massacre happened there in June 1944. There were some Nazi generals who mistakenly believed that some people in the town were involved in the killing of some Nazi soldiers, so they decided to do away with the whole town -- and these weren't even Jewish citizens! Most of the town's citizens were brutally murdered in some of the most horrific ways imaginable -- the men were shot in the legs and then locked in a burning building, while the women and children were locked in the church, where incindiary bombs were lit. One woman; however, managed to climb out of a window set eight feet high, jump out and escape, and some people who had been away in other towns were thankfully spared when they returned home. The brutality of the massacre actually even shocked some of the Nazis, especially, since it turned out, no one in the town had been responsible for killing the soldiers! Most of the men responsible for carrying out the killings ended up dying in battle not long afterwards.
I found out during my conversion to Judaism my great grandparents were Holocaust survivors. Losing the majority of their families to Hitler and the Nazis including a girl named Miriam, and her siblings who where 8,9, 6, 4, 2 and 4 months. I chose her name as my own when I emerged from the mikvah. One of her brothers, his name I gave to my youngest son once he did his immersion. My return to my roots was a middle finger to Adolf Hitler who had traumatized my great grandparents so much that they changed their names and their religion. He tried to erase us. My two boys are in defiance of the Nazis who murdered so many children.
God bless you and your family that's amazing (the coming back to Judaism part)! Dear Lord I pray this wonderful family will know your Son, Jesus and your love for them in Jesus name I pray. amen 🙏🏾💖
@@panga_latrice ummmmmmm Jews don’t believe in Jesus. I grew up a Catholic I know all about Jesus but I do not believe he is the messiah and it goes against my religious beliefs. You had me in the first half of your comment and the rest? Not so much.
@@lovmi2byz91 I know but He wanted me to pray that over you because He knows you and loves you deeply❤️. The Angel of the Lord, the prophecies of the Messiah, etc in the Torah point to Jesus. Jesus fullfilled every single prophecy written about the Messiah by the prophets. It's all in there. Jesus says to you, 'Beloved come to the Altar the Father's arms are open wide forgiveness of sins was brought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ because God so loved the world that He sent Jesus to be our perfect, blameless, spotless lamb for sin offering. God's offering was perfect and no other offerings are needed for us to be in a restored relationship with Him we don't need religion. We need to believe in His son Jesus ❤️.
@@panga_latrice ew no don’t do that please for the love of God don’t do that. That’s cringe as fuck. And no the Bible doesn’t not in Hebrew but I am not here to have a religion debate with you. Do NOT pray for me I didn’t ask for it. Stuff like that has its roots in the forced conversion movements. If someone wants a prayer they will ask for it 🙄
I took a trip to Amsterdam 25 years ago to pay Anne Frank Huis a visit and was fascinated and heartbroken at the same time by the story young Anne had written in the diary. There was no virtual reality tour back then but I felt this intense emotion, the inexplicable energy particularly right at the entrance to secret Annex...tears were rolling down my cheeks I could hardly breathe that I had to rush down the stairs to be out of the building. I'm not saying the place was in anyway haunted but the lingering force of energy was there, definitely.
Awesome history for all to learn. It's scary now- thinking history can repeat itself when one of power lies and lies and others believe them. Thank you for sharing these important facts.
This story is sad on so many levels. I think that Anne's story is similar in many ways to that of Anastasia Romanov, and the girls seemed to be alike in so many ways, despite growing up in different countries during different times. Both of them were lively, spirited young women who were caught up in circumstances beyond their control. Anne was very social and had a lot of friends before the family had to go into hiding; she was just a young girl who just wanted to have fun and enjoy life. Anastasia's situation in life limited her social opportunities, but when she had the opportunity to mingle with other young people of her own age range, she enjoyed it to the max! Anastasia was also a fun-loving girl who enjoyed playing pranks and tricks on unsuspecting people, and making others laugh. Like Anne, she was also a very optimistic young girl who helped to keep up her family's spirits during their time in captivity. Sadly, both girls would eventually be forced into exile with their families, forced to flee for safety simply because of who they were. They would be cooped up indoors for months at a time, waiting for freedom that never came. Both would die before their 20th birthday - Anne at 15, and Anastasia at 17. RIP to both Anne and Anastasia.
Amazing rundown as commonly told as this story is. It was well put together and captures the appropriate emotions at the right time. Nicely done documentary as expected from this channel.
Anne frank! Anne frank! Anne frank!. Every time I read your life story, my eyes are filled with tears.your every words we can feel and get imagine. Whole world love you. rest in peace little princess.
As if going through a holocaust wasn’t hell enough, but then learning that your entire family has died, your two daughters and wife, I cannot imagine the pain and trauma poor Otto experienced.
I am so glad someone had the presence of mind to go deeper with Eva on her account of events. There seems to be a lot about Otto while Eva would have known Anne in a totally different way. Trivia: Audrey Hepburn was asked by Otto to play Anne Frank and it was too emotional for her because of her own journey during WWII.
Shelley Winters donated her Academy Award to the Anne Frank Huis which she received for portraying Mrs. Van Daan. By coincidence, Mr. Frank happened to be there on that day. Shelley was so moved to be able to speak to him on that day. She too, had lost family members in the Holocaust.
Didn't she, though? I actually incorporated some of her handwriting into my own. It's pitiful that people still want to spread the stupid conspiracy theories which have been falsified: that her father wrote the diary (NOT) or that it was written in ballpoint pen (NOT), so it couldn't have been written by her.
I remember when I was younger (10/11) and I was learning about things like WW2 and concentration camps and I’d ask my mum or my teacher “but did other German people not know?” “Were they really cruel or just afraid to stand up? How could people ignore the suffering of millions?” But now I look at things happening in different parts of the world- North Korea, parts of Africa, Russia and the Ukraine, the Middle East- and we do choose to ignore peoples sufferings or at least we’re not as proactive as we could be. Did we learn anything? We were in a pandemic and people didn’t even care enough to inconvenience themselves to protect an elderly neighbour or child. Are we really that considerate of a people that if something like this happened again, most wouldn’t turn a blind eye?
Pretty sure her and her sister got really sick and died just before they were released you can find stories of people who remember seeing them or just her They both died from typhus
I read somewhere that Anne and Ava were sent to Auschwitz at first. A week later they were sent to another camp. The conditions of the camp were unbearable to say the least. Both sisters died because of the living conditions. I'll let you and everyone reading this to use their imaginenation as the worst living conditions on earth.
Thank you, Ms Eva for sharing your story and the rest of Anne's story beyond just what we see in the diary. It truly makes her real to know all of it and in knowing her ensures that her legacy lives on and that her death wasn't in vain. Thank you Anne for your diary and the foresight you had to put the idea of you being a writer into everyone's minds so it could be published. Thank you Mr Frank for sharing your precious girl with us and Margo and your first wife as well. You truly are an inspiration. Thank you Doubleday publishing for taking a chance on a young girl and her beloved diary. May we never forget their sacrifices. Rest in Paradise.
18:13 this quote has always stuck out to me, in a certain way you could say I can identify with (as a child at heart) Anne, she tried so hard to cling on to the idea of hope and believing in the best of people in general and yet the Nazis did everything in their power to try and prove her wrong that were no good deep down inside. I hope as and after her physical life faded alongside Margot she was able to hold on to that pure heart and forgive those that were truly sorry.
In the original Dutch: "Het is een groot wonder dat ik niet al m'n verwachtingen heb opgegeven, want ze lijken absurd en onuitvoerbaar. Toch houd ik ze vast, ondanks alles, omdat ik nog steeds aan de innerlijke goedheid van de mensen geloof." -15 juli 1944 She's talking not just about hope, but about her "expectations," i.e. her hopes for the future. She knew their situation was dire, and she suffered depression as a result, but she could still see the goodness in people and dream about what her future life would be like. She often spoke in terms of "after the war." She wrote "na de oorlog" in her diary at least a dozen times. Her first wish was that she would become a full Dutch citizen after the war. It's a great wonder I haven't given up all of my hopes for the future because they seem absurd and unattainable. I actually hang onto them, in spite of everything, because I still believe in the inherent goodness of people. - July 15, 1944
@@brucenatorYeah I understand, of course the whole diary was written before she was captured so there was always that hope that her whole family could survive. As the documentary put it that’s part of what made Anne and Marott’s death so tragic, they came so close to surviving the war, dieing just a few weeks before liberation.
@@CbsOmegaOmniX The most tragic part to me is that she and the other 7 almost avoided the camps altogether. A month after they were arrested, they were placed with over a thousand others on the *last train* out of Westerbork to the death camps. That fact alone fills me with dread. It was still another 7 months before Westerbork was liberated and ultimately Amsterdam a month later. When I am reading in her diary in the original Dutch, I put all of that out of my mind and think of her as the beautiful person and brilliant mind that she was, remembering and recording entire conversations in her diary, protecting it from prying eyes, sharing parts of it with her sister, writing an ode to her prized fountain pen that was knocked into the fire of the stove and all that survived was the clip. Had Miep not rescued her diary and her father not survived Auschwitz, the world would never have heard of Anne Frank. Otto devoted the rest of his life to getting Anne's words and family history out to the rest of the world. It sickens me that there are people who still try to spread conspiracy theories that have been fully falsified and debunked: that her father wrote the diary (NOT) or that it was written in ballpoint pen (NOT) which hadn't been invented yet, so she couldn't have written it. What pathetic people they must be. This is a great documentary, but I think the English translations are lacking. We have to remember when the diary was written: about 80 years ago. The Dutch language has changed quite a bit since then, so the language is outdated from today's Dutch. The best method would be to translate her words as much as possible, save for the obvious '40's terminology, into today's Dutch first before translating it into other languages. When the definitive Dutch play ANNE was produced back in 2014, great strides were taken by the writers to do just that. I didn't get to see the play myself, but judging from the trailers and interviews, I think they finally got it right! Including the small glimpse we get into her life before they went into hiding. A vast improvement to those monotonous productions (play and film) that came out of the 1950's. Rosa da Silva looks fantastic as Anne Frank. Producer was Image Nation (imagination). Look up Theater Amsterdam here on UA-cam. The trailer is under the title: ANNE extended until June 2016. I wish they had made it into a film production or at least a video production of the play. Maybe in another 10 years they will.
Another EXCELLENT account of occupied Amsterdam is by Corrie Ten Boom. What an amazing woman and family! They suffered and lost many family and friends in the concentration camps, though they didn’t HAVE to!! They CHOSE to help the Jewish people during the evil time in history and paid dearly for it... most of them with their lives! They made a movie called “The hiding place”, which shows just some of the horrors they suffered under nazi rule. Definitely a well done and moving film
24:00. Not just "Russian troops", that's unfair. There were the Soviets: Ukrainians, Kazakhs, Tatars, Belarusians, Russians, etc. As a Russian, I'd like to highlight that to pay respect to all the ethnicities and cultures involved so that no one is left behind.
📺 It's like Netflix for history! Sign up to History Hit, the world's best history documentary service, and enjoy a discount on us: bit.ly/3vdL45g
If Otto Frank and his family moved to Switzerland or Ireland instead of Netherlands, Anne and Margot Frank might still live in their 90s if they moved before the second World War happened.
@@sharptoothtrex4486 I agree. I'm surprised (at least with all the info we have), why didn't the Franks try to go to Switzerland instead of the Netherlands?
My husband always asks me why I watch such sad things and I told him its because it needs to not be forgotten. We need to remember and tell our children and keep peoples stories alive like Anne frank . We owe it to the survivors to to never forget .
Yes dear why this happens at all why
Generation after generation yes should be made aware and pass it on to never be forgotten also the history of slavery of a whole face of black people in this country USA
its happening already in north korea and china
My family say the same thing
Same nobody understands me but I’m like how is it any different than y’all being obsessed with crime shows? It’s just an old big crime. Essentially. I’ve always felt obsessed with the Holocaust and the equal rights movement with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., etc. Idk why just always have been.
Anne Frank has become more than she ever imagined. She wanted to be known as a writer and her father made that dream come true. It is as difficult for me to listen to the information about her as it was to walk through her house when I visited Amsterdam. Her life is an inspiration and a tragedy but remembering her and all those lost in the Holocaust will ensure it will never be allowed to happen again. We must never let it be forgotten. Anne Frank this is your legacy to mankind.
anne frank! anne frank! anne frank!
God has blessed you. You are walking on streets of gold. Our Angel Anna Frank.
@@tls9507 I’m sure I will be sorry for engaging, but unless you think Covid was purposefully unleashed as a bioweapon to target a specific ethnic or religious group (while still not omitting your own), it’s not remotely similar. Making comparisons cheapens what Anne Frank and so many others went through. If you had said it happened again in Rwanda or between the Serbians and Croatians, you would be correct. Humans becoming so obsessed with hate where they try to wipe out a certain ethnic or religious group is entirely different from a non-sentient virus which knows none of these arbitrary groupings mankind puts on itself.
@@tls9507 covid is nothing like the Holocaust. It is not targeting one race, one religion. It is not a group of people trying to exterminate innocent individuals. Too compair the Holocaust to covid is disgusting
Very well said and very important to say 💕
I cannot even imagine Otto's pain after the war! My respects Sir
He remarried.... :(
@@rodicaherescu9249 As he should have. Otto remarrying is indicative of his strength, courage, and will to carry-on with living.
@@rodicaherescu9249 that's not a bad thing
I’m glad I didn’t experience this. It was terrifying
@harmony3279it was hard enough to leave Germany. He may have been somewhat monied but with all the sanctions placed on the country and city, it would have been nearly impossible to leave. If a Jew couldn’t enter a park, you think they’d be allowed to travel to Switzerland (the only neutral place that comes to mind at the moment)?
Imagine being liberated to find that your family is gone. It is unimaginable. That was the fate of so many though.
Sadly that was the fate of the lucky 🍀 ones too! As most of them died. Obviously leaving the lucky few survivors alone as you said. But it’s sad to think that after what they had already been through during the war they now had no family or home or money or ids just nothing. Life after was so difficult. It’s just so unfair. 💔
i would grab hitler by his collar, & then slap him many times before i were to possibly get to punching upon him
@@awokeorasleepgodsaves. He had committed suicide
@@B_Bodziak who
@@MusicLoverMN yeah
I still don’t understand how people could be so evil towards others for no reason.
They had a reason - racial superiority
A delusional reason of course
True.i too keep thinking about it.
Well think South-Africa during the apartheid regime, Stalin’s USSR, Cambodia, former Yugoslavia, current Israel Palestine conflict, even the reason BLM movement needed to be founded. As long as the mind resetting is introduced like a dripping faucet till it is a stream of water it is accepted by the majority of people.
@@Oogaini Races are not real, we human beings are SO diverse as an Organism we adapt to the environment of the earth through Physical features, Hitler was so full of shit that Owens shut his stupid mouth up. He ran away like the rat that he was and died as such, a frustrated Artist that even fellow nationalists felt sketchy about, he was a foreigner, an Austrian not German.
The Holocaust was foretold in the Bible. Look how many people hate or discriminate against the Jews and other nationalities as well. The devil is as real as God is and he also hates God and Gods people. Christians as well.
It’s heart breaking to hear about Otto going to the central station daily in hopes his daughters would be coming home
That made my tears fell 💔
Yes, when I learned that it was like the agony and pain was new and is unbearable. What a terrible crime was perpetrated against them all. It is all so sad.
Omg I can’t imagine 🥲🥲🥲
Everyone understands why Anne didn't write nice things about her mother. She was a young teen. She was seeking independence and autonomy and Mom's job is to guide, protect and keep her in line. In those circumstances, with that fear, it must have been an impossible task. If they had the lives they should have have, Anne would have come to appreciate and adore her mother, and we see Edith Frank as who she was....a Mom doing her best like all of us, but who lived the impossible.
I don't know. She had pretty well developed ideas as to why her mother was not the nurturing sort of mother that she longed for. She could not confide in her mother as she felt she should be able to. I think she was right that her mother was closed off in a way that is not normal or inevitable.
Survivors have said she and her mother did become closer in the camps
We are often just more like one or the other of our parents. I was much more like my Dad and related much more to him. He died when I was in my 20s and I was totally crushed to lose him. In later years, my mother and I finally had a closer relationship. Through research, I found out why it had been hard to be close to her and once I understood I was able to excuse some things in her behavior and have more compassion for what she had been through in her early years that shaped her personality.
no. she was just a jw b-word
@@jesuskinz1232 You sound like a poorly raised 11 yr old. That's embarrassing.
Outside of the Bible, her Diary is the most widely published and read non fiction book in the World...translated in to over 60 languages!
Wow, it made such an impact. 😳
Sorry, i don’t know what your source, but that’s not true at all, Bible is not in the top rank nor Ann Frank diary is on the 2nd, my grandfather who is a publisher and librarian for 47 years and sitting next to me now smirked when he read your comment, but as for translated non-fiction books, yes Bible in the 1st then Quran is the 2nd
@@trinitybertinelli552 Oh, so which is the top most best selling book of all times? 🤔
@@trinitybertinelli552 The Bible is the top rank. Don't know about Anne Diary though. If they're not tell me the top one.
Don't just disagree without providing the evidence
@@trinitybertinelli552 yes thank you I also agree the Bible likely first then Quran second. This makes sense because of population size of each of the faiths exceed others.
I visited Anne’s hiding place in the summer of ‘78 before anything had been cordoned off. Ceiling too low in places to stand and an area not much larger than a prison cell for four people. Anne’s story and that of Corrie ten Boom’s book “The Hiding Place” never fail to reduce me to tears. I know it’s because of what happened to this precious little girl, but also by the similarities in what I see happening every day in what we do in little ways to each other. The carnage doesn’t stop and then ironically when it happens to us we become bewildered and enraged.
I have been there a few times, I live in the Netherlands, it is interesting that my observations were different. I remember that i could stand everywhere and also a spacious kitchen.
@@lienbijs1205 It has been over 40 years since I was there and I guess my thoughts of being in Anne’s situation then and now make everything seem more oppressive than it actually was. I have fond memories of the Netherlands and I appreciate a post from someone who lives there. Thank you for sharing your experience!
corrie ten boom! corrie ten boom! corrie ten boom!
I read The Hiding Place a few times and it's my favorite book. Knowing what they suffered made me thankful for everything in my life. That is so cool you visited there, I would have loved to see her house and where they hid.
Yes humans suck ... The real world is horrible. Stick with your own because rarely are good people ever in powerful positions to do good things . People who crave power , tend to acquire power .
I shall never forget my first trip to Amsterdam and walking through the secret hiding place. Emotion overwhelmed me as I stood in Anne's room, and seeing those photos and clippings on the walls. I felt as though I were trespassing. Despite it being May, I felt ice in my veins as I emerged from the house and found the statue of Anne nearby with red swastikas painted on it. At that time, I still lived in America and that war, something one read about or saw glimpses of in selected and edited newsreels. Sadly, history is repeating itself.
her statue painted with red swastikas? racists had also defaced the late emmett till's grave site.
@@awokeorasleepgodsaves. and racists have torn down statues of Saints and men of note. All must be stopped.
@@kimfleury Saints......sick 🤢 🤮 . No comparison to Anne Frank and Emmitt Til
@@sailormoon9885 No one is comparing, but just as sad.
Acts 22:16 - And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Romans 3:23 - For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Every time I hear this story, every single time, I hope it will end differently.
"And we waited for news of our family." That says it all.
I remember reading Anne's diary in school and bawling like a baby at the end knowing what happened to her after the last entry. Some of my brainless classmates made jokes about her writing or her descriptions of life in hiding. I punched one in the face for saying she got what she deserved. I made both of my children read her diary so that they would know that evil does exist in this world and what that evil looks like but that innocence, beauty and hope also exist and what that looks like as well. We all must bear witness to the atrocity of this monstrous act of evil and cruelty. We have to watch the testimonials of the survivors. We have to read the words of the dead so their voices can be heard. We have to remember so that nothing like this can ever happen again. We have to confront hard and uncomfortable truths and look ourselves in the mirror. We have to stop for sec and think before we act. May God bless and keep each and every man, woman and child that perished in this unspeakable act.
I'm tearing right now and have been for weeks after learning about Anne Frank and can't stop being obsessed with it. Researching and binge watching videos of her.
Beautifully written.
@whosthatgirl6559 And allowing someone to say something like that is no better than the German population that kept their mouths shut about the holocaust despite knowing about it. Doing nothing or saying nothing allows evil to persist. In what world is it right to say Anne Frank deserved what she got during WWII?? Explain that to me and I will explain why I decked a kid 5 years older than me when he opened his mouth and spat the vile sentence out of his mouth. Keep in mind I was a 9 yr old girl and a teenager said that to me. I will never apologize for standing my ground and defending a human being that had been brutally murdered because she was Jewish.
I met Eva Schloss in 2017 in Westerbork where she held a lecture and she also signed my book. It was really emotional meeting her in that former camp from where she was deported to Auschwitz in 1944. The encounter effected me for days after.
eva schloss! eva schloss! eva schloss!
The story of Eva Schloss, Anne Frank and their families is heart wrenching.
Through the survivors, the world came to know the atrocities pelted on them by the Nazis.
What terrible twists of fate they faced. Some were lucky to survive the hardships but many were not.
RIP to all innocents who did not survive this torcher.
I totally just cried to this, but it is inspirational!
😂😂
@@trinitybertinelli552 de
@55debacle1 cute! Someone got offended and irritated by emojis
My heart breaks for a child who had so much to look forward to. A life taken with so many more Anne Franks. RIP sweet Anne
I got a chance to meet Eva and hear her speak and I adore her. ❤ I am also re-reading Annes diary and she really was such an inspiring and amazing young lady. ❤❤❤
I had the privilege to go to Amsterdam January 2023 and was able to visit Anne’s house. It was so surreal. I’m so thankful for this opportunity. I hope to take my kids one day soon.
One of the best documentaries on Anne I've seen. And here I am thinking I'm cool for going through online school because of corona! But, I have to say, I don't think Anne represents the victims of the Holocaust; she is her own story. We can't forget that 6 million innocent people went through the same torture that she did. Anne's story does not define theirs, despite how beautiful and tragic it is. Miep Gies, one of the helpers, even stated her opinion on that in Melissa Müller's biography of Anne.
Why can't she actually represent BOTH? I don't think they're mutually exclusive.
Shahida J. Nur I don’t think Anne’s story defines all the other Holocaust victims but she has become a symbol of them. She was often the first real person most people learned about that made them aware of those persecuted and her story was an introduction to what had happened under the Reich. It was also the fact that she was a teenager that meant her diary was read by millions of school age young people where they could identify with her and then learn about the rest of the events of the war. I remember my mom telling me about reading it for the first time, Anne was only two years older than she was, and how she compared what had happened to Anne while she was living in San Francisco during that time. It was my mom’s interest that caused me to be curious about the Holocaust and lots more studying of it. I am grateful that I was able to see Eva Schloss give a talk in person.
As you say in your comment knowing what happened to Anne, her family, and then others during this war gives us perspective on our own life challenges which allows us to do a better job of handling adversity and plan for our response to those events in our lives. Keep studying, you are living history just as Anne did.
@@zuzuspetals9281 Both my parents were WWII vets. I was born in 1947, was an only child, learned to read young. I don’t know how old I was when I first read the diary.
I was actually introduced to WWII by a librarian at St.Clements Public Library in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦.
Sometime between the ages of 4 and 8, she gave me a book about children in Europe struggling to survive in the rubble.
That was my start.
I am among what I think is a minority of people who have chosen to come to terms with the astonishing horrors of Naziism at the time it first arose and was given unimaginable power to do harm.
Amen 🙏🏽
Omfg no way 🤯 You are so lucky 🍀 I would give anything omfg I’m obsessed with the Holocaust and that would be a highlight moment of my life for sure I bet it is for you as it sounds like it is 🤩♥️
I am so glad that Anne's diary survived the war, but I wish Margot's diary had too. It's so sad that this happened to all those people.
I wonder if she kept her diary at their apartment thinking she would be back. I would think that if she had taken it with her Meip would have known she had it and would have tried to save hers the same as Anne’s was saved.
I want to know who snitched on their hiding spot SO badly!!! It’s one of those unknown mysteries I don’t think we will ever know. :/
G-d knows! 🇮🇱
It was the manager of the company appointed by Otto Frank while he was in hiding. Otto found out he was robbing the company blind and they had a huge row. The manager then exposed them all.
@@juanitarichards1074 I I thought it was a evening meaning lady.
@@aprilwest1883 Might have been the managers wife, but I know Otto accused one his his managers of stealing and they had a big row. Next thing they were caught..
@@juanitarichards1074 that makes sense. My last comment had typo errors. I meant to type "The evening cleaning lady." So sad how they ended up.
imagine hoping for a reunion with your loved ones and then knowing they are dead, that is heartbreaking.
My mom went on a business trip to Amsterdam and brought me back a copy of her diary. I still have it today, it had such a profound impact on not only who I am but how I grew up. I was around the same age as Anne Frank when I was given the book, it taught me to be humble, to never take things for granted and so much more. It’s so much more real when you can see your family in hers, Theres my Dad, my mom, me and my younger sister. That really got me interested in history and sociology, still a history buff today. It’s only when we understand the history we teach can we truly stop history from repeating itself.
I was 13 when we read it in school. And I wanted my own copy for my 14th birthday and my family made it happen. They had to go to a small bookshop tucked in between two big stores in a shopping plaza (because for some reason books a million didn't have it at the time) but they found a copy for me
Eva really lucked out with Otto as her stepdad because of how good he was always with children. I wonder how well Anne would have gotten on with her stepsister and stepmother.
Well before she was her stepsister
They were best friends lol
@@AstarionWifey they actually weren't as close as you saying. If you actually do research and read some of the diary you would know they weren't that close at, and had different friend groups. They had one friend in common which was Sanne. They were playmates when they were younger too of course since they lived in the same area. Anne was much closer to Hanneli(hannah) and Sanne who she wrote in 1942 saying they were her best friends . Then at before she went into hiding she actually considered Jacqueline( Jacque) as one of her best friends.
What's very interesting to me though is that Hannah actually ended up seeing her while she was at the camp, on the other side of it. She helped Anne by throwing her a package of some small items, and really thinks Anne would of made it, if she knew Otto was alive. What really gets me is the fact that a fair bit of Annes closet friends actually ended up surviving the war/holocaust, it kills me that Anne didn't. Even Nanette who was friends with Anne from school. She was in the same camp as Anne, and was one of the people who report on Anne and Margot deaths to Otto.
@@Shaowraven2266 oh shush it boomer
@@AstarionWifey Would a boomer have an anime profile picture? I'm literally 21, you are just mad you wrong.
@@Shaowraven2266 chill boomer
Go touch grass
Sadly, we are seeing current events head in the same terrifying direction. We seem incapable of learning from our past. :(
With Muslims in China and palestine..yeah
@@SuicideRedemption In India too
America is coming after Christians
I rebuke that😢
It is so important for this to be taught in our public school system and that we would never forget this atrocity but I fear we already have and that just makes me cry.
I had a lot of special interests as a child. Anne Frank was one of them. I read every book. Garage sales were something that we did on the weekends. I remember the night before I became so hyper focused on finding the book by Miep, the next day I found it not even an hour into the day.
She wanted to become a writer....and now she's one of the most famous in history ❤
Well done documentary. I am so happy Ava's family and Otto found happiness again.
I went to the Anne Frank Huis around 10 years ago and to be in the space that I read about over and over again, felt unreal and so, so sad. I bumped my shins going up the stairs, I looked out the window as the church bells rang, and I stared at the wall of her bedroom where all her celebrity pictures still hung. I cried so much.
I visited Bergen Belsen after one of my many journeys through her diary . It was an eerie disturbing thought that she and her sister lay in one if the mass graves there ! Bergen Belsen is a beautiful , quiet , well kept places surrounded by trees , it’s hard to imagine that such horrors lurk there .
Anne may not be here in person but she stands tall in spirit.
All of this pain, yet we still march forward as if it never happened. Bad things happen to others to remind us of our shared inhumanity, but of our GREAT resilience and optimism.
I read this book in 4th grade in the 80s and I was hooked on learning about the 2ND WW and why this had to happen...it's scary to see similar things happen today...will we ever learn???
Thanks!
I have been through so many copies of Anne's diary because since I first saw the play with millions Perkins playing Anne. I will always have a copy. Yet, I cary each time I read about the Frank's and watch all movies on her
I cary every time. It is so pertinent to what is happening today in America.
One of the best true stories I have ever read. I truly wish she had survived but am glad her father had it put into print. A story that should be read by all and it's lessons learned. Unfortunately I see a lot happening now that shadows what happened then. Some never learn from the past.
I read the Diary of Anne Frank as a 7th grader. I can still remember my crying as I ende the book. My connection with the people of Abraham happened right then there. It made me look at my friends Leah Edleman and Jordy Fedder much deeper.
The story is tragic, but the ending is very touching. That these people that were essentially abandoned by the world had found each other. That Otto’s late daughter had brought them together without even realizing how important that would be. I think Anne would be so proud of her legacy, and that of her father’s
I use to be obsessed with the Holocaust. I have always thought Anne Frank's life stressful and boring. Always being on high alert sounds miserable. Learning more about my history has showed me that even in the most dier situation humans can find moments of laughter and joy.
Anne Frank speaks loud and clear for all murdered children in Holocaust!!
All of those little shoes...so very sad.
My favorite book when I was younger was the diary of Anne frank I used to read it over and over and I would never not read it and when u got older I did research and I was just shook
I read it over and over as a kid. Then a couple more times as a adult.
@@aprilwest1883 how long is the diary? is it like an abridged version made specially for children or young adults? cause i can't imagine someone going over and over again on someone's diary. if it's like less than 200 pages and would usually take less than a day to finish then i'd understand.
I read the comic book version of her diary after I lost my house in a flooding, in the school where I was living. I saw myself in a similar situation, no house, not much food, not knowing when I could leave, afraid of all the criminal activity that was happening at survivor places. Her diary helped me so much in that situation.
Anne Franke life will always live in our hearts and mind as her diary will live in history forever never to be forgotten. We shared the same birthday month only by a few days apart
She was small. I went to the house and it, too, was small. I went to the museum in Los Angeles where they recreated the platforms and again, I felt small and helpless. Outside in the lobby where people could dry tears after the museum tour was over people gathered around evidence of the survivors. Something presumably boring was way over there. My feeling of wanting to run away made me leave the crowd and walk over. Check it out. It was her diary. All alone in a tiny glass case standing away from all other exhibits. No one paid attention. Just sitting there all alone. A little book. So small.
Otto was reportedly amazing with children and so I’m not surprised that he took such an interest in Eva’s higher education abroad
ANNE FRANK I am just glad that you and your sister were always together nobody deserves to be treated and suffer that way it hurts me to talk about it so I pray , May the perpetual light shine upon them , May They All Rest In Peace AMEN .
🕊💔🌸🙏🏽🙏🏽🌸💔🕊
I received The Diary of Anne Frank as a gift at age 12. I was mesmerized by this book. I’m so glad a chance was taken to bring the diary to the United States.
It is wonderful to see what happened after the war and concentration camp . I truly appreciate that Otto did publish the whole diary. He could have had some entries withheld. Thank you so much for this.
He withheld alright. When it was first published there were some pretty raunchy passages about her and Peter. It was changed to please the American public. Seeing as Otto and another dude wrote the book in the first place makes it all the more disgusting.
@@mightiestalone9851 hasn’t it been republished with the omitted parts, included? Or a rumour?
It is so sad, a well done tribute all should see.
As the saying goes, "learn from history so not to repeat history". Everyone needs to know this event and pass it on to the next generation, etc. Never to be forgotten!!! 🙏
That would be great if it were history. It was written by Otto and Meyer Levin!
Forever embedded in our hearts and minds until we see you again, RIP Anne Frank.
I can’t tell you how many times I have read Diary of a Young Girl and each time I fervently willed it to end differently to no avail.
My mom gave me her book .Was a big honor my first book my mom my Love!
Went to Amsterdam. Saw the house from a boat tour of canals. Would like to go back. Just read the diary. It breaks my heart 😪
Wow
I breaks my heart also. As bad as everything was going on, Anna,’ heart and soul were never darkened or touched. Can you even fathom that? She earned her wings and is living in bliss with the Lord in his home. What a beautiful little Girl. I will always think of her and she changed history. God Bless you.
I can never understand how someone could treat another group of people so horrible bad.
It was several groups
Yeah, she taught the world of people don't think negatively. Just turned negative to positive in the survival and fight. She does not want people to have the same as her in horrible situations like that. 🙂
A verty sad story, but one of millions of stories od death in wars, and of cruelty. If everyone could read her story, perhaps they could fight back against those who seek power over others
Trump is trying to recreate what happened in Germany in Amerikkka right now
@@ladonnaragsdale8959 are you stupid nothing trump is doing is relatable take your tds somewhere else
@@ladonnaragsdale8959 First learn to spell it's America, second no Trump isn't doing ANYTHING that the NAZIS and Hitler did, you need to educate yourself before you open your mouth with your verbal vomit TROLL
Not a troll just a logical Amerikkka Bidin 2020
@@ladonnaragsdale8959 Not going to happen TRUMP 2020 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
That little girl probably never anticipated that herself and her story would become world famous 🥺
If I imagine my boyfriend to have died just days before he could've been saved while I'm sitting in my furnished flat I could bawl and bawl and bawl. These people have suffered more than anyone ever should. I'm so sorry
When I first learned about the Holocaust I COULD NOT believe that something SO cruel could happen.. but now I know what happened and I know it’s true but some part of me still can’t believe it.. and it’s truly said something people don’t even know about Anne Frank or the Holocaust 😭📔💔
3:46 breaks my heart 😢❤
I was a little surprised by the definitive edition of the diary because it had kept that 1/3 that was originally omitted. It really gave Anne more facets to her. I didn’t know before I bought that edition that there had been an edit for the one that I first read as a teenager
Yes, as always someone's got to ruin it.
Amazing to hear all this detail about Anne Frank and her family.
Her story and a movie called run boy run based on life of yoram fridman was so moving and heart wrenching.
I remember a story about the Nazis in France. They gathered up every man, woman, & child in a small town, locked them in a church, & set it on fire, just so they could use their town as a makeshift fort. & now that town is preserved behind a fence & they give guided tours.
I'm french and we learned about this town in school.. it so tragic and hard to believe. A lot happened in France I live next to a field where an American plane crash at the end of WWII. Every year the town put flowers on the field and the man have is name written on the memorial even tho he was not from here
mry ftne We thank the people of your town for this remembrance each year. It’s quite thoughtful and shows the appreciation of freedom everyone was hoping for and the sacrifices it took to secure it.
Actually, it was done in retaliation to the partisan killing of two German officers. After it was declassified by American officials in 2005, A deposition said that they found a baby had been crucified. It was absolutely horrible what was done.
This was the town of Orador-sur-Glane, and the massacre happened there in June 1944. There were some Nazi generals who mistakenly believed that some people in the town were involved in the killing of some Nazi soldiers, so they decided to do away with the whole town -- and these weren't even Jewish citizens! Most of the town's citizens were brutally murdered in some of the most horrific ways imaginable -- the men were shot in the legs and then locked in a burning building, while the women and children were locked in the church, where incindiary bombs were lit. One woman; however, managed to climb out of a window set eight feet high, jump out and escape, and some people who had been away in other towns were thankfully spared when they returned home. The brutality of the massacre actually even shocked some of the Nazis, especially, since it turned out, no one in the town had been responsible for killing the soldiers! Most of the men responsible for carrying out the killings ended up dying in battle not long afterwards.
Man...I was sad back when I read about her in Middle school, but now, in my twenties, this hits way harder. I mean, look at her, she was a *child* .
I found out during my conversion to Judaism my great grandparents were Holocaust survivors. Losing the majority of their families to Hitler and the Nazis including a girl named Miriam, and her siblings who where 8,9, 6, 4, 2 and 4 months. I chose her name as my own when I emerged from the mikvah. One of her brothers, his name I gave to my youngest son once he did his immersion. My return to my roots was a middle finger to Adolf Hitler who had traumatized my great grandparents so much that they changed their names and their religion. He tried to erase us. My two boys are in defiance of the Nazis who murdered so many children.
God bless you and your family that's amazing (the coming back to Judaism part)! Dear Lord I pray this wonderful family will know your Son, Jesus and your love for them in Jesus name I pray. amen 🙏🏾💖
@@panga_latrice ummmmmmm Jews don’t believe in Jesus. I grew up a Catholic I know all about Jesus but I do not believe he is the messiah and it goes against my religious beliefs. You had me in the first half of your comment and the rest? Not so much.
@@lovmi2byz91 I know but He wanted me to pray that over you because He knows you and loves you deeply❤️. The Angel of the Lord, the prophecies of the Messiah, etc in the Torah point to Jesus. Jesus fullfilled every single prophecy written about the Messiah by the prophets. It's all in there. Jesus says to you, 'Beloved come to the Altar the Father's arms are open wide forgiveness of sins was brought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ because God so loved the world that He sent Jesus to be our perfect, blameless, spotless lamb for sin offering. God's offering was perfect and no other offerings are needed for us to be in a restored relationship with Him we don't need religion. We need to believe in His son Jesus ❤️.
@@panga_latrice ew no don’t do that please for the love of God don’t do that. That’s cringe as fuck. And no the Bible doesn’t not in Hebrew but I am not here to have a religion debate with you. Do NOT pray for me I didn’t ask for it. Stuff like that has its roots in the forced conversion movements. If someone wants a prayer they will ask for it 🙄
@@panga_latrice also, you should respect that you spell it G-d.
I took a trip to Amsterdam 25 years ago to pay Anne Frank Huis a visit and was fascinated and heartbroken at the same time by the story young Anne had written in the diary. There was no virtual reality tour back then but I felt this intense emotion, the inexplicable energy particularly right at the entrance to secret Annex...tears were rolling down my cheeks I could hardly breathe that I had to rush down the stairs to be out of the building. I'm not saying the place was in anyway haunted but the lingering force of energy was there, definitely.
I definitely felt the same way when I went 10 years ago - there’s a heavy, lingering energy there and it’s one of deep sadness and anxiety.
Thank you for sharing Eva's story...I had never heard of her before💞
I cannot even imagine Otto's pain after the war! My respects Sir. I cannot even imagine Otto's pain after the war! My respects Sir.
Awesome history for all to learn. It's scary now- thinking history can repeat itself when one of power lies and lies and others believe them. Thank you for sharing these important facts.
I actually did a virtual reality tour of Anne Frank’s living space it felt super real and was quite touching
Thankfully Miep kept The Diary, and Mr. Frank Published it!!
He and another dude also wrote it. Facts. Look it up.
This story is sad on so many levels. I think that Anne's story is similar in many ways to that of Anastasia Romanov, and the girls seemed to be alike in so many ways, despite growing up in different countries during different times. Both of them were lively, spirited young women who were caught up in circumstances beyond their control. Anne was very social and had a lot of friends before the family had to go into hiding; she was just a young girl who just wanted to have fun and enjoy life. Anastasia's situation in life limited her social opportunities, but when she had the opportunity to mingle with other young people of her own age range, she enjoyed it to the max! Anastasia was also a fun-loving girl who enjoyed playing pranks and tricks on unsuspecting people, and making others laugh. Like Anne, she was also a very optimistic young girl who helped to keep up her family's spirits during their time in captivity. Sadly, both girls would eventually be forced into exile with their families, forced to flee for safety simply because of who they were. They would be cooped up indoors for months at a time, waiting for freedom that never came. Both would die before their 20th birthday - Anne at 15, and Anastasia at 17. RIP to both Anne and Anastasia.
Amazing rundown as commonly told as this story is. It was well put together and captures the appropriate emotions at the right time. Nicely done documentary as expected from this channel.
Even when she was sick and dying because of other people and their horrible beliefs, she still saw good in all people.
Anne frank! Anne frank! Anne frank!. Every time I read your life story, my eyes are filled with tears.your every words we can feel and get imagine. Whole world love you. rest in peace little princess.
As if going through a holocaust wasn’t hell enough, but then learning that your entire family has died, your two daughters and wife, I cannot imagine the pain and trauma poor Otto experienced.
I am so glad someone had the presence of mind to go deeper with Eva on her account of events. There seems to be a lot about Otto while Eva would have known Anne in a totally different way. Trivia: Audrey Hepburn was asked by Otto to play Anne Frank and it was too emotional for her because of her own journey during WWII.
Audrey was born in Brussel and spoke Dutch. That may have been another reason why Otto asked her specifically to play Anne.
I am completely fascinated with this topic and the subject of WW2, and the whole chaotic war in general
Shelley Winters donated her Academy Award to the Anne Frank Huis which she received for portraying Mrs. Van Daan. By coincidence, Mr. Frank happened to be there on that day. Shelley was so moved to be able to speak to him on that day. She too, had lost family members in the Holocaust.
She had the best hand writing
Otto identified as He/Him.
Didn't she, though? I actually incorporated some of her handwriting into my own.
It's pitiful that people still want to spread the stupid conspiracy theories which have been falsified: that her father wrote the diary (NOT) or that it was written in ballpoint pen (NOT), so it couldn't have been written by her.
God bless you Annie thank you for telling the world your story and the story of your people you will never be forgotten! All of you...
She will never be forgotten
I remember when I was younger (10/11) and I was learning about things like WW2 and concentration camps and I’d ask my mum or my teacher “but did other German people not know?” “Were they really cruel or just afraid to stand up? How could people ignore the suffering of millions?”
But now I look at things happening in different parts of the world- North Korea, parts of Africa, Russia and the Ukraine, the Middle East- and we do choose to ignore peoples sufferings or at least we’re not as proactive as we could be. Did we learn anything? We were in a pandemic and people didn’t even care enough to inconvenience themselves to protect an elderly neighbour or child. Are we really that considerate of a people that if something like this happened again, most wouldn’t turn a blind eye?
It is sickening to think what people, human beings are capable of - yet we have learned very little.
Stories like these need to be told
i had goosebumps all time during the video!ohh!
I want to know what happened to her when they were taken away.
What circumstances brought her to her tragical death.
Pretty sure her and her sister got really sick and died just before they were released you can find stories of people who remember seeing them or just her
They both died from typhus
I read somewhere that Anne and Ava were sent to Auschwitz at first. A week later they were sent to another camp. The conditions of the camp were unbearable to say the least. Both sisters died because of the living conditions. I'll let you and everyone reading this to use their imaginenation as the worst living conditions on earth.
No one will know. Coz most of them died there
Im sorry anne
Typhus.
Her sister died of typhus and happened to infect anne
I have read and read her diary it was the best story i have ever read i still have the book for about 15 yrs now i will never give that book away
This is So Sad😭😱😭 R.I.P to all the Victims of the war
They killed so many like Anne but they couldn’t kill her words. RIP Little Anne ❤️
Thank you, Ms Eva for sharing your story and the rest of Anne's story beyond just what we see in the diary. It truly makes her real to know all of it and in knowing her ensures that her legacy lives on and that her death wasn't in vain. Thank you Anne for your diary and the foresight you had to put the idea of you being a writer into everyone's minds so it could be published. Thank you Mr Frank for sharing your precious girl with us and Margo and your first wife as well. You truly are an inspiration. Thank you Doubleday publishing for taking a chance on a young girl and her beloved diary.
May we never forget their sacrifices. Rest in Paradise.
18:13 this quote has always stuck out to me, in a certain way you could say I can identify with (as a child at heart) Anne, she tried so hard to cling on to the idea of hope and believing in the best of people in general and yet the Nazis did everything in their power to try and prove her wrong that were no good deep down inside.
I hope as and after her physical life faded alongside Margot she was able to hold on to that pure heart and forgive those that were truly sorry.
In the original Dutch:
"Het is een groot wonder dat ik niet al m'n verwachtingen heb opgegeven, want ze lijken absurd en onuitvoerbaar. Toch houd ik ze vast, ondanks alles, omdat ik nog steeds aan de innerlijke goedheid van de mensen geloof." -15 juli 1944
She's talking not just about hope, but about her "expectations," i.e. her hopes for the future. She knew their situation was dire, and she suffered depression as a result, but she could still see the goodness in people and dream about what her future life would be like. She often spoke in terms of "after the war." She wrote "na de oorlog" in her diary at least a dozen times. Her first wish was that she would become a full Dutch citizen after the war.
It's a great wonder I haven't given up all of my hopes for the future because they seem absurd and unattainable. I actually hang onto them, in spite of everything, because I still believe in the inherent goodness of people. - July 15, 1944
@@brucenatorYeah I understand, of course the whole diary was written before she was captured so there was always that hope that her whole family could survive. As the documentary put it that’s part of what made Anne and Marott’s death so tragic, they came so close to surviving the war, dieing just a few weeks before liberation.
@@CbsOmegaOmniX The most tragic part to me is that she and the other 7 almost avoided the camps altogether. A month after they were arrested, they were placed with over a thousand others on the *last train* out of Westerbork to the death camps. That fact alone fills me with dread. It was still another 7 months before Westerbork was liberated and ultimately Amsterdam a month later. When I am reading in her diary in the original Dutch, I put all of that out of my mind and think of her as the beautiful person and brilliant mind that she was, remembering and recording entire conversations in her diary, protecting it from prying eyes, sharing parts of it with her sister, writing an ode to her prized fountain pen that was knocked into the fire of the stove and all that survived was the clip. Had Miep not rescued her diary and her father not survived Auschwitz, the world would never have heard of Anne Frank. Otto devoted the rest of his life to getting Anne's words and family history out to the rest of the world. It sickens me that there are people who still try to spread conspiracy theories that have been fully falsified and debunked: that her father wrote the diary (NOT) or that it was written in ballpoint pen (NOT) which hadn't been invented yet, so she couldn't have written it. What pathetic people they must be.
This is a great documentary, but I think the English translations are lacking. We have to remember when the diary was written: about 80 years ago. The Dutch language has changed quite a bit since then, so the language is outdated from today's Dutch. The best method would be to translate her words as much as possible, save for the obvious '40's terminology, into today's Dutch first before translating it into other languages. When the definitive Dutch play ANNE was produced back in 2014, great strides were taken by the writers to do just that. I didn't get to see the play myself, but judging from the trailers and interviews, I think they finally got it right! Including the small glimpse we get into her life before they went into hiding. A vast improvement to those monotonous productions (play and film) that came out of the 1950's. Rosa da Silva looks fantastic as Anne Frank. Producer was Image Nation (imagination). Look up Theater Amsterdam here on UA-cam. The trailer is under the title: ANNE extended until June 2016. I wish they had made it into a film production or at least a video production of the play. Maybe in another 10 years they will.
makes me wonder how many other dairies out there there were from other girls' like Anna, but those got destroyed / not kept...
I went to her home in amsterdam. Waited 3 hours to get in but once inside it was such a sad energy
Another EXCELLENT account of occupied Amsterdam is by Corrie Ten Boom. What an amazing woman and family! They suffered and lost many family and friends in the concentration camps, though they didn’t HAVE to!! They CHOSE to help the Jewish people during the evil time in history and paid dearly for it... most of them with their lives! They made a movie called “The hiding place”, which shows just some of the horrors they suffered under nazi rule. Definitely a well done and moving film
Beautifully put together
24:00. Not just "Russian troops", that's unfair. There were the Soviets: Ukrainians, Kazakhs, Tatars, Belarusians, Russians, etc. As a Russian, I'd like to highlight that to pay respect to all the ethnicities and cultures involved so that no one is left behind.