Otto Frank’s life, before, during, and after the Holocaust was difficult.
Otto Frank was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on May 12, 1889. He had three siblings. Otto’s dad ran a bank. Otto went to college at Heidelburg to study art history. He also studied economics. A class mate set him up for an internship at the Macy’s Department store in Manhattan, New York. A few weeks after he made it to America his father passed so, he went back home for the funeral. Frank came back to America and spent two years working at Macy’s and then a bank. Otto then returned back to Germany in 1911. He then started working for a company that made window frames. While World War I was going on, Otto Frank worked for a business that made horse shoes for the German army. He was sent to the Germany military. He reached the ranking of Lieutenant, during the war. After the war ended, he took control of his dad’s bank. In 1936, Mr. Frank continued his business career by founding the Opekta company and made his second company Petacon. On May 12, 1925, Otto married his first wife. Her name was Edith Hollander. They had two children together, Anne Frank and Margot Frank. Anne is known for her diary, The Diary of a Young Girl (Biography.com Editor). …show more content…
Otto Frank moved his family to Holland to get away for the dangers of the Nazis. In 1940, Holland was taken over by Germany. Otto Frank had to make his Dutch friends the owner of the company, because Jews could not own businesses. In 1942, the family got a letter in the mail saying that Margot had to go to a conyration camp. The family went into hiding right above his company. The family was later captured and taken to the work camps in Westerbork. Otto was later separated form his family and taken to the Auschwitz work camp (Biography.com
Otto Frank was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on May 12, 1889. He had three siblings. Otto’s dad ran a bank. Otto went to college at Heidelburg to study art history. He also studied economics. A class mate set him up for an internship at the Macy’s Department store in Manhattan, New York. A few weeks after he made it to America his father passed so, he went back home for the funeral. Frank came back to America and spent two years working at Macy’s and then a bank. Otto then returned back to Germany in 1911. He then started working for a company that made window frames. While World War I was going on, Otto Frank worked for a business that made horse shoes for the German army. He was sent to the Germany military. He reached the ranking of Lieutenant, during the war. After the war ended, he took control of his dad’s bank. In 1936, Mr. Frank continued his business career by founding the Opekta company and made his second company Petacon. On May 12, 1925, Otto married his first wife. Her name was Edith Hollander. They had two children together, Anne Frank and Margot Frank. Anne is known for her diary, The Diary of a Young Girl (Biography.com Editor). …show more content…
Otto Frank moved his family to Holland to get away for the dangers of the Nazis. In 1940, Holland was taken over by Germany. Otto Frank had to make his Dutch friends the owner of the company, because Jews could not own businesses. In 1942, the family got a letter in the mail saying that Margot had to go to a conyration camp. The family went into hiding right above his company. The family was later captured and taken to the work camps in Westerbork. Otto was later separated form his family and taken to the Auschwitz work camp (Biography.com