July 13, 2017 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - It was a day full of rain and Jewish history. The must-have ticket is to the Anne Frank House.
It's amazing and sad
all at the same time. Rooms where the Frank family, the van Pels and Fritz
Pfeffer lived were tight quarters. The floors creaked, still, and that limited
their daytime movement.
We climbed the
stairs to the office and then the hiding space. Steep stairs. You had to duck
your head and step up about six inches to climb behind the bookcase
and through the secret passage.
The helpers had to shop for eight people in hiding; ration cards were purchased on the black market.
Height markings for Anne and her sister
Margo are visible on the wall along with film star photo collection and post
cards.
Rudy Vallee, Ray Milland, Ginger Rogers,
Greta Garbo and a post card of chimps around the card table.
The toilet is decorated with Delft blue.
"Wouldn't it be horrible for a father
to read these thoughts after she is gone," said one woman as she left the
exhibit.
Otto Frank was the only one to survive
after their Secret Annex was found and everyone arrested
They were deported first to Westerbork
transit camp, and then to Auschwitz.
An interview with Otto Frank
and his thoughts about his daughter.
"Anne realized how serious her
situation was and she kept her faith."
