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At the Anne Frank House in the center of Amsterdam you can find the hiding place where Anne Frank wrote her famous diary during World War II. The original of the diary is on display as part of the Anne Frank House's permanent exhibition.
Open:
Daily from 9 AM to 7 PM
~April 1st - September 1st 9 AM to 9 PM
~May 4th 9 AM to 7 PM
~January 1st & December 25th Noon to 7 PM
*Last admittance is 30 minutes prior to closing*
Admission Prices
Adults: € 6,50
Age 10-17: € 3,-
Age 0-9: Free Leave a Comment Directions: located at 263 Prinsengracht in the center of Amsterdam, next to the Westerkerk, one of the city's large historical churchesWebsite: www.annefrank.nl
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If you know the story and have seen the movie etc then you will be very familiar with this landmark. The diary of Anne Franke was even part of compulsory reading at my High School. The house evokes a number of emotions given the history of a WW2 Amsterdam and the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. The house is part of many tour groups itinerary and, though not a must see, is a worthwhile spot to have a look. Leave a Comment
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Here is the front of the house.
I have cropped out and blurred the (imho) gross / gauche and wildly colored cafe next door
A scrapbook of her life can be found at this web location:
Anna's Life Leave a Comment Phone: +31 (0)20-5567100Directions: East border of the Jordaan on Prinsengracht just south/sw of LeliegrachtWebsite: http://www.annefrank.nl
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But before I continue my story, I want to tell you something about Anne Frank first. Here is her lifestory in short, from the Anne Frank website :
http://www.annefrank.nl/eng/default2.html
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- July 15,1944 -
"It is utterly impossible for me to build
my life on a foundation of chaos,
suffering and death. I see the world being
slowly tranformed into a wilderness,
I hear the approaching thunder that,
one day, will destroy us too, I feel the
suffering of millions. And yet, when I
look up at the sky, I somehow feel that
everything will change for the better,
that this cruelty too shall end, that peace
and tranquility will return once more"
[fragment of Anne Frank's Diary]
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Anne Frank was born in 1929 in Frankfurt am Main in Germany. In 1933, the anti-Jewish National Socialist Party led by Hitler comes to power. Anne Frank's Jewish parents Edith and Otto Frank perceive that there is no future in Germany for themselves and their children. They flee to the Netherlands in 1933. Anne is then four years old. Until she is eleven she grows up without a care in a relatively safer Holland. In 1940, the Netherlands is occupied by Germany and the protection that Holland provides comes to an end.
Anne's life is increasingly restricted by the anti-Jewish Decrees. In 1942 the deportations to the 'work camps' begin. Anne's parents see the possibility of going into hiding in the annex of the building that houses Otto's business. Anne writes her diary during the two years in hiding in the Secret Annex.
Leave a Comment Phone: +31 (0)20 5567100Directions: In the center of Amsterdam, next to the Westerkerk (the Westerchurch).Website: http://www.annefrank.nl/
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This one was hard to take, but I would highly recommend it to anyone who has a shred of a conscience or compassion for other human beings. I was fighting back tears through much of this tour, and I don't cry easily. To actually see the interior of the house where Anne Frank, her sister Margot, and the others were hidden was a sobering experience, to say the least. To see actual photographs of Nazis in the streets just outside this building rounding up Jews to be taken to the death camps, then looking out the windows and imagining what it must have been like to have lived in utter terror at every vehicle sound and voice from the street, was something I'll never forget. To view the examples of others that have this same mentality of hatred and cruelty, from past events and people to current ones, that is available near the exit made me madder than I can put into words. And there are actually people who say the Holocaust never happened.
3 out of 4 Dutch Jews were killed by the Nazis.
Over 1 million Jews were murdered at the Auschwitz death camp alone, 6 million altogether.
Anne and her sister Margot both died of Typhus at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, just a few weeks before it was liberated.
Anne and Margot's mother, Edith, died at Auschwitz. Their father, Otto, survived Auschwitz, and returned to Amsterdam after it was liberated by the Russian army. Leave a Comment
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Looking for an interesting idea for sightseeing after all this clubbing and smoking and drinking? Well you definately have heard of Anne Frank's house in Amsterdam. Anne's history is the most known of the Second World War and has movedand touched many generations till nowadays. In this house she used to hide from the Germans as she was a jewish teenager and wrote her very famous diary. Trully bad that the house has been renovated in a very non-attractive way. And something must be done about these queues outside the Amsterdam museums and hotspots... Leave a Comment
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Probably the most famous sight in Amsterdam is the The Anne Frank House, where the young Jewish diarist and her family hid during the Nazi occupation of this city during World War 2.
Recommend reading her book prior to visiting here. This will give a little more feeling and familarity to your visit. (otherwise, the appearance of this home is a fairly unremarkable Dutch row house...)
Also recommend getting here early to beat the crowds, as this is a popular place to visit, and the queues can be quite long... (lest one waste valuable time in Amsterdam that could be more productively spent disposing of a few Amstels at the corner pub...)
Located at Prinsengracht 263, Amsterdam. Leave a Comment
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I suggest that anyone visiting Amsterdam must go to the Anne Frank House. It is one of the most moving experiences of my vacation. However plan before going. It is a very sad experience so I would advise you to plan something upbeat and fun afterwards. Do not make it the only thing you do for the day. Walking though the rooms where this young girl lived, and walking the streets in the neighborhood where she lived all make the story of Anne Frank very real and touching. Going through the house and watching the video's of her father in his later years talking about the young daughter he lost is so moving and heartbreaking. You can not leave the tour without having your emotions touched. Leave a Comment
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There is a prescribed route to follow while you're visiting the house: Proceeding from the modern building on Prinsengracht into the building which houses the actual Secret Annex - home to Anne Frank for the 25 months she was in hiding and the place where she wrote her diary. It's very moving and sad to see the way they lived, always had to be very silent, however were somewhat content with the little they had, such as posters of popstars still stuck on Anne's bedroom wall... Yes, it is quite interesting, so I advise you to go see it! Leave a Comment
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The Anne Frank House is the hiding place where Anne Frank wrote her famous diary during World War II. Anne Frank was a normal girl in exceptional circumstances. For more than two years her diary described the events in her daily life.The Anne Frank Foundation was founded in 1957 to save the Anne Frank House from being demolished. In 1960 the house was opened as museum and since then it has been visited by millions of people from all four corners of the globe. In 1999 the rear part of the house was returned to its original condition and the front part of the house was reconstructed. The adjoining building is now used as an entrance.
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