Otto Frank
Otto Frank
Otto Heinrich "Pim" Frankwas a German-born Swiss businessman. He was the father of Anne and Margot Frank. As the sole member of his family to survive the Holocaust, he inherited Anne's manuscripts after her death, arranged for the publication of her diary as The Diary of a Young Girl in 1947, and oversaw its transition to the stage and screen...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth12 May 1889
CityFrankfurt, Germany
CountryGermany
I hope Anne's book will have an effect on the rest of your life so that insofar as it is possible in your own circumstances, you will work for unity and peace.
Every child has to raise itself.
We don't need the Nazis to destroy us. We're destroying ourselves
I will never forget the moment when Peter van Pels and I saw a group of selected men. Among those men was Peter's father. The men were marched away. Two hours later, a lorry came by, loaded with their clothing.
We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.
Most parents don’t know really their children.
I shall remember the look in Margot's eyes all my life.
I just can't think how I would go on without children having lost Edith already... It's too upsetting for me to write about them. Naturally, I still hope, and wait, wait, wait.