Remember, although you will be reading a play, these are REAL people!

Born June 12, 1929 in Germanyvery outgoing, energetic and

extrovertedShe received the diary for her

13th birthday She died shortly after her

sister of typhus in March 1945

• Born May 12, 1889 in Frankfurt, Germany

• In 1908 he lived in New York and worked for Macy’s where he

learned about business• One year later, he returned to

Germany when his father died• Enlisted in German Army at start

of WW I • Married Edith when he was 36

• Hobby was photography• Spring 1933 moved to Amsterdam,

Netherlands• Ran his own business making

pectin• June 3, 1945, he returns to

Amsterdam• Marries a Holocaust survivor in

1953• 19060 he is instrumental in opening

Anne Frank house in Amstersdam• He died August 19, 1980

January 16, 1900 born in Aachen, Germany

She was 25 when she married Otto Frank

Edith struggled the most with moving to Amsterdam

Edith and Anne often arguedJanuary 6, 1945 – died of

starvation in Aushwitz

Born February 16, 1926 in Frankfurt, Germany

Attended a Montessori school until 1941 when Jewish children were no longer allowed to go to school of their choice

Goal was to be a nurse in Palestine Got call up notice on July 5, 1942February or March, 1945 – she

died of Typhus at 19 weeks before her sister died

She also kept a diary, but it was never found

Hermann1937 they fled Germany for

Netherlands worked for Mr. Frank Loved telling jokes, arguing about

politics and building things September 6, 1944 – gasses in

Aushwitz

AugusteBorn September 29, 1900 Described as “tempermental, flirty

and chatty and a pessimist”Spring 1945, she died in a

concentration camp

Born November 8, 1926 in Germany

Only child He was 16 when they went into

hidingHe watched his father get

marched into the gas chamber Died May 1945 after a death

march

Born April 30, 1889 in Giessen, GermanyServed in German army in WWITried marrying his fiancé, but she was

Christian and it was against the Nazi’s laws

He had one son, Peter, whom he sent to live with Uncle in England

He was a dentist, and Miep Gies was his patient

He enjoyed sailing, riding and traveling Went into hiding on November 17, 1942Died on December 20, 1944 in

concentration camp

Born in Vienna in 1909Sent to Netherlands after WWI

with other children to recuperate from illness and malnutrition

In 1933 she began working as secretary for Mr. Frank

She helped keep the Franks in hiding for more than 2 years

She was not arrested in the raid and was responsible for saving Anne’s diary

Up until the age of 90 she traveled the world telling Anne’s story and helping at the Anne Frank House

She died, January 11, 2010 at age of 100