Robert Hörnquist

Anne Frank's father, Otto, visits the attic where they hid from the Germans in World War II. He stands alone as he is the only member of his family to have survived the Holocaust, 1960 . This picture was taken in 1960 in the Netherlands, where the Frank Family hid from German troops. The Frank family were Jews during a time when Jews were sent away to be killed in concentration camps. The Franks are one of the most well-known Jewish families during the war due to Anne Frank (Otto's daughter) writing a diary about her experiences in hiding. Her diary has been republished and has sold more than 30 million copies and has been translated into 70 languages. In her diary, she talks about life in hiding, school, growing up and her fears about the German forces in the area. At some point, the Franks were found. There are varying accounts as to how they were caught. Some say they were betrayed, and some say there were just found by German troops when they inspected the house they were hiding in. The door leading to the attic was hidden behind a bookcase, but it is not known for sure how the Germans knew it was a false door that led to the secret hiding spot. They were in hiding for 761 days. Anne and her sister Margot were sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. They died there in March 1945 due to Typhus fever as the camp had a massive outbreak problem of Typhus at the time. They died two weeks before the camp was liberated. Anne was only 16, and Margot was 19. Their parents, Otto and Edith, were sent to Auschwitz Birkenau, the worst of the concentration camps. Edith would die of starvation three weeks before the camp was liberated. Otto survived and lived until he died in 1980. Edith would be buried with him 18 years later. Their daughter's bodies were never found. Photographer: Arnold Newman