From Arrest to Aftermath

Diary of Anne Frank

This flow traces the final sequence from the Annex raid through deportation and the different fates of its residents.

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Bearing strength in each event

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The Final Entry The Final Entry from "Diary of Anne Frank". Anne’s Last Recorded Reflection Two selves Anne’s final diary entry examines the gap between her lively public manner and a more vulnerable inner self.

The Final Entry from "Diary of Anne Frank". Anne’s Last Recorded Reflection Two selves Anne’s final diary entry examines the gap between her lively public manner and a more vulnerable inner self.

Anne’s Last Recorded Reflection Two selves Anne’s final diary entry examines the gap between her lively public manner and a more vulnerable inner self. She describes the effort of showing one side while protecting the other. An unfinished ending The entry closes without resolving her inward struggle or her future plans. Its ordinary stopping point becomes poignant because the diary’s next pages were never written by Anne.

The Raid

The Hiding Place Is Found Arrest Security personnel arrived at the office building and arrested the residents in the Annex. Anne’s diary does not describe the event; its circumstances are recounted afterward. A broken refuge The arrest abruptly ended the residents’ concealed life. The people who had depended on secrecy were removed from the rooms where they had spent more than two years.

Westerbork and Auschwitz Westerbork and Auschwitz from "Diary of Anne Frank". Deportation The transit camp The Annex residents were held at Westerbork before being deported in the last transport from the camp to Auschwitz.

Westerbork and Auschwitz from "Diary of Anne Frank". Deportation The transit camp The Annex residents were held at Westerbork before being deported in the last transport from the camp to Auschwitz.

Deportation The transit camp The Annex residents were held at Westerbork before being deported in the last transport from the camp to Auschwitz. Their movement followed the larger system of persecution and deportation of Dutch Jews. Separation and danger The journey removed them from familiar surroundings and placed them under the extreme violence of the camp system. The diary’s intimate domestic world gave way to a collective history of persecution.

Deaths in the Camps Deaths in the Camps from "Diary of Anne Frank". Different Endings The residents dispersed The afterword records the residents’ separate routes through concentration camps.

Deaths in the Camps from "Diary of Anne Frank". Different Endings The residents dispersed The afterword records the residents’ separate routes through concentration camps.

Different Endings The residents dispersed The afterword records the residents’ separate routes through concentration camps. Edith Frank died in Auschwitz; Hermann van Pels, Fritz Pfeffer, and Peter van Pels also died in captivity or during forced evacuation. Anne and Margot Anne and Margot Frank were transferred from Auschwitz to Bergen-Belsen, where both died during the typhus epidemic. Their deaths followed months of deprivation after the arrest.

Otto’s Return Otto’s Return from "Diary of Anne Frank". The Surviving Father Return to Amsterdam Otto Frank survived Auschwitz and returned to Amsterdam after liberation.

Otto’s Return from "Diary of Anne Frank". The Surviving Father Return to Amsterdam Otto Frank survived Auschwitz and returned to Amsterdam after liberation.

The Surviving Father Return to Amsterdam Otto Frank survived Auschwitz and returned to Amsterdam after liberation. He was the only one of the eight Annex residents to survive the camps. A different responsibility After the war, Otto devoted himself to sharing Anne’s diary and its message. His survival made publication possible, but it also placed him in the position of carrying the family’s memory.

August 1, 1944

August 4, 1944

September 3–6, 1944

Late 1944 to spring 1945

June 3, 1945