Otto Frank

May 12, 1889 - Aug 19, 1980

Otto Heinrich Frank was a German businessman who later became a resident of the Netherlands and Switzerland. He was the father of Anne and Margot Frank and husband of Edith Frank-Holländer, and was the sole member of his family to survive the Holocaust. He inherited Anne's manuscripts after her death, arranged for the publication of her diary as The Diary of a Young Girl in 1947, and oversaw its adaptation to both theater and film.
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“We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.”

Otto Frank
May 12, 1889 - Aug 19, 1980

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