Otto Frank

Description: (German Businessman and Father of ‘Anne Frank', the Author of 'The Diary of a Young Girl’)

Otto Heinrich ‘Pim’ Frank, popularly known as Otto Frank, was a Jewish-German businessman who had to go through the devastating violence at the hands of German Nazis. He lost all of his family to the mass massacre of the Nazi concentration camps—his wife and two daughters - Margot and Anne. Frank was an exceptionally good businessman who started off working in a bank in Germany and then flew off to America for a few years for work. He took part in World War I and then opened his own business in Holland, where he took his family along. As soon as the tyranny of German army started, Frank hid his family in a secret annex over his office in Holland. But a few years later they were caught and sent to concentration camps. He was the only one who survived. Later he found out that all this while when his family was hidden in that office, his youngest daughter Anne was maintaining a journal, penning down the pain and experiences that she and her family was going through. He decided to publish the journal, after turning it into a single manuscript, so that everyone in the world can reflect upon the sadness of the whole incident, through his daughter’s words.

Overview

Birthday May 12, 1889 (Taurus)
Born In Germany
Alternative names Otto Heinrich Frank
Died on August 19, 1980
Spouse/Ex- Edith Frank (m. 1925–1945), Elfriede Geiringer (m. 1953–1980)
Parents Michael Frank
Alice Stern Frank
Children Anne Frank, Margot Frank
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