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Who ratted on Anne Frank?
| Miep Gies | |
|---|---|
| Died | 11 January 2010 (aged 100) Hoorn, North Holland, Netherlands |
| Known for | Hiding Dutch Jews, including Anne Frank and her family, from the Nazis |
| Spouse(s) | Jan Gies ( m. 1941; died 1993) |
| Children | 1 |
How did Willem van Maaren betray the Franks?
From the start, he used to steal products from the warehouse and at one stage he started to suspect there was something about the Secret Annex. Otto Frank believed for a long time that his family was betrayed by Willem van Maaren, a recently hired employee who was not privy to the secret behind the bookcase.
What happened to the Frank family when they were found?
In 1942, Frank and her family went into hiding in a secret apartment behind her father’s business in German-occupied Amsterdam. The Franks were discovered in 1944 and sent to concentration camps; only Anne’s father survived.
What happened to Anne Frank during the Holocaust?
Anne and Margot Frank were spared immediate death in the Auschwitz gas chambers and instead were sent to Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp in northern Germany. In February 1945, the Frank sisters died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen; their bodies were thrown into a mass grave.
What camps did the Franks go to?
Anne dies from exhaustion in Bergen-Belsen In early November 1944, Anne was put on transport again. She was deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp with Margot. Their parents stayed behind in Auschwitz. The conditions in Bergen-Belsen were horrible too.
What happened to Anne Frank and her family?
What happened to the Frank family after their capture?
After their arrest, the Franks, Van Pels and Fritz Pfeffer were sent by the Gestapo to Westerbork, a holding camp in the northern Netherlands. From there, in September 1944, the group was transported by freight train to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination and concentration camp complex in German-occupied Poland.
What happened to Anne Frank’s concentration camp after she died?
Anne dies from exhaustion in Bergen-Belsen She was deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp with Margot. Their parents stayed behind in Auschwitz.