Otto Frank was one of the few survivors of the Holocaust. Miep Gies described him as "The calm one, the children’s teacher, the most logical, the one who balanced everything out. He was the leader, the one in charge. When a decision had to be made, all eyes turned to Mr. Frank.” He was born on 1889 in Frankfurt am Main. Him and his whole family were liberal Jews.
After completing high school, Otto studied art history for a summer semester at the University of Heidelberg. He worked at a bank for a year and then had the opportunity to do an internship at Macy’s Department Store in New York City. However, he returned to Germany after he landed a job working for a company that produces horseshoes for the German Army.
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He answered thousands of letters. He corresponded with some readers at length and stated: "... I answer them as well as I can. And then at the end, I often finish by saying: 'I hope Anne's book will have an effect on the rest of your life so that insofar as it is possible in your own circumstances, you will work for unity and peace.'"
He founded an organization called The Anne Frank Fonds in the early 1960s. He also remarried, to fellow Jewish survivor Elfriede Markovits. The couple moved to Switzerland, where they would live out the remainder of their years together. Throughout the years, he wrote two books, “Love, Otto: The Legacy of Anne Frank” and “A Tribute to Anne Frank.” Unfortunately, Frank died in Basel, Switzerland in 1980.
He was the last one of his family to survive the Holocaust and it was depressing to go out and search for a family that isn’t alive anymore. Though through the search he was given an opportunity, a chance to do one last avengence for his family. To show the strength of the survivors and express their struggles among them. He was given the chance to publish his own daughter’s diary which not only opened the eyes of those around but an entire nation. He was the one who kept Anne Frank alive, even though she is gone, her story will stay with
After completing high school, Otto studied art history for a summer semester at the University of Heidelberg. He worked at a bank for a year and then had the opportunity to do an internship at Macy’s Department Store in New York City. However, he returned to Germany after he landed a job working for a company that produces horseshoes for the German Army.
He was drafted into the …show more content…
He answered thousands of letters. He corresponded with some readers at length and stated: "... I answer them as well as I can. And then at the end, I often finish by saying: 'I hope Anne's book will have an effect on the rest of your life so that insofar as it is possible in your own circumstances, you will work for unity and peace.'"
He founded an organization called The Anne Frank Fonds in the early 1960s. He also remarried, to fellow Jewish survivor Elfriede Markovits. The couple moved to Switzerland, where they would live out the remainder of their years together. Throughout the years, he wrote two books, “Love, Otto: The Legacy of Anne Frank” and “A Tribute to Anne Frank.” Unfortunately, Frank died in Basel, Switzerland in 1980.
He was the last one of his family to survive the Holocaust and it was depressing to go out and search for a family that isn’t alive anymore. Though through the search he was given an opportunity, a chance to do one last avengence for his family. To show the strength of the survivors and express their struggles among them. He was given the chance to publish his own daughter’s diary which not only opened the eyes of those around but an entire nation. He was the one who kept Anne Frank alive, even though she is gone, her story will stay with