Who’s Who in Anne Frank?
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Otto Frank (Anne’s Father)
Born May 12, 1889
Would have been 53 in 1942 when the family went into hiding
Personality: Served in German army in WWI as an officer.
College-educated, business owner, strong father
figure, excellent provider and planner for family.
The only survivor of the members of the annex.
Otto later remarried and lived to age 91.
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Edith Hollander Frank (Anne’s Mother)
Born January 16, 1900, would have been 42 when the family went into
hiding in the annex
Personality: Edith was very protective of the children. She had
the hardest time adjusting to the move to
Amsterdam – never fully learned to speak Dutch.
Edith died of starvation at Auschwitz-Birkenau on January 6, 1945.
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Margot Frank (Anne’s Sister)
Born February 16, 1926 (3 years older than Anne)
Margot would have been 16 when the family went into hiding in the
annex.
Personality: Serious student, reflective, more reserved and quiet
than her sister Anne. Margot’s call-up notice to a
work camp spurs the family to go into hiding early.
Margot died of typhus in Bergen-Belsen camp
likely around February 1945. The camp was
liberated by the British two months later.
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Annelies Marie Frank (Anne)
Born June 12, 1929. She had just turned 13 a few
weeks before the family went into hiding.
Personality: Anne matured greatly from the time she and her
family went into hiding to their capture on
August 4, 1944. She went from being a somewhat spoiled and self-centered
child to a caring and introspective young woman. Anne died at 15 anywhere
from a few days to a few weeks after her sister, Margot. She also fell victim
to typhus at Bergen-Belsen around February or March 1945.
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Hermann Van Pels (Mr. van Daan)
Born March 31, 1890. Age 52 when entering the
secret annex.
Personality: Mr. Van Pels was a business associate with Otto
Frank. They had determined together to go into
hiding with their families. The families socialized
together and Anne knew him quite well. He could
be very playful with Anne and good-humored. At
other times, he worried and became easily agitated.
Mr. Van Pels was sent to the gas chamber shortly
prior to living together in the annex after arriving at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
This was witnessed by both his son Peter and Otto Frank.
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Peter Van Pels (Peter van Daan)
Born November 8, 1926. Peter would have been
15 ½ upon entering the annex
Personality: Quiet, awkward at times, struggled with academics, enjoyed
working with his hands at tasks such as carpentry
Peter survived the Death March from Auschwitz to the Mathauson camp only to
die of exhaustion on May 5, 1945.
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Auguste Van Pels (Mrs. van Daan)
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Born September 29, 1900. Age 42 when she entered the annex.
Personality: Very outgoing and outspoken. Flirtatious, self-absorbed, pessimistic about the future,
concerned about material possessions.
Specifics of her death are unknown. She was last verified to be seen at Theresienstadt
concentration camp, but thought to have been sent to another where it is certain that she
died.
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Dr. Fritz Pfeffer (Dr. Dussel)
April 30, 1889 Fritz Pfeffer joined the members in the annex on November 17, 1942. He
would have been 53 at that time.
Personality: Pfeffer was a smart, dental surgeon, divorced with one child who he sent to safety in
England. He was very athletic and physically fit. He had a long-standing romance with a
Catholic woman named Charlotta. He was an Orthodox Jew and very knowledgeable
about his religion. He and Anne clashed often. Fritz Pfeffer died of Enterocolitis in the
Neuengamme concentration camp on December 20, 1944.
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The Helpers
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Hermine "Miep" Santrouschitz-Gies (Miep Gies)
Born on February 15, 1909. She would have been
33-years-old when the Franks went into hiding.
Personality: She began as a secretary in Otto Frank’s company
and worked her way up to an administrative position. She was trustworthy, loyal, and
dependable as well as being very courageous. She married Jan Gies in July 1941, who
also assisted the Frank family in hiding. Miep was able to avoid arrest after the Nazis
discovered the annex. She had one child in 1950. She died in January 2010 and was
almost 101 years old.
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Victor Kugler
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Born June 5, 1900. Age 42 when the Frank family went into hiding.
Personality: Business associate of Otto who takes control over
Otto’s company as a favor due to the laws which
prevented Jews from owning businesses. He was kind, courageous, and self-sacrificing.
He was arrested for his involvement and sent to several concentration camps. During an
air raid, he escaped a German march and was hid in the Netherlands until the end of the
war. He eventually settled in Canada where he died in 1981.
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Johannes Kleiman
Born on August 17, 1896. He was a long-time
friend of Mr. Frank and worked with him at Opekta Company as an assistant. He was in
frail health during the war, suffering from stomach ulcers and other ailments. He was
arrested along with Victor Kugler and sent to a prison camp. He became very ill at the
camp and, amazingly, was set free to return to Amsterdam. He went back to work at Mr.
Frank’s business and dedicated the remaining years of his life to educating others about
the plight of the Franks. He did not live to see the dedication of the Anne Frank Museum.
He died at the company desk in January 1959.
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Bep Voskuijl
Born on July 5, 1919. She was known as the silent helper as she very quietly went about
tasks of assisting the Franks in hiding. Bep took responsibility for purchasing food and
supplying the children with books. She assisted Margot in taking a shorthand course
while in hiding. She was intensely shy and quiet and generally did not like to be
interviewed. She went on to get married and had four children. Her youngest child was
named after Anne. She died in Amsterdam in May 1983.