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Anne Frank House
COUNTRY
Netherlands
ADDRESS
Westermarkt 20, 1016 GV Amsterdam, Netherlands

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About Anne Frank House
The Anne Frank House is a museum situated in central Amsterdam, Netherlands. The museum is dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank. It is located on a canal named Prinsengracht. It was a hiding place for Anne Frank and her family alongside four others from Nazi prosecutions at the time of the Second World War It was founded by Otto Frank. The museum is on the third rank among the most visited museums in Amsterdam who receives over a million visitors in a year. You can easily arrive there by Trams line 13, 14, 17 or Bus lines 170, 172, 174. It is a part of the Museumvereniging. Wim Kok served as the president of the place. It was opened to the general public in May 1960.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Anne Frank House

  • The Museum is a home to the Academy Award which was donated by Shelley Winters who won this award for portraying  Petronella van Daan in the film "The Diary of Anne Frank." It is kept in a bullet-proof glass case.
    The Museum is a home to the Academy Award which was donated by Shelley Winters who won this award for portraying  Petronella van Daan in the film
  • The building of the museum has two parts one is the main house and the other is the annex.
  • Anne was just fifteen at the time of her death. However exact death date is not known.
  • She dreamt of becoming a famous writer and wanted to visit London and Paris.
  • You can't even imagine that she spent over two years in hiding. At the time, they could not feel the sun or rain and had not seen the sky.
  • The famous diary which was published after her death in 1947was given to her on her 13th birthday. She shared her wartime experience including the time she spent while hiding in this diary.
    The famous diary which was published after her death in 1947was given to her on her 13th birthday. She shared her wartime experience including the tim
  • The museum contains the personal items of the people who hid inside the house.
    The museum contains the personal items of the people who hid inside the house.

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