30 Eye-Opening Facts About the Life and Tragic Death of Anne Frank

30 Eye-Opening Facts About the Life and Tragic Death of Anne Frank

Trista - January 11, 2019

30 Eye-Opening Facts About the Life and Tragic Death of Anne Frank
Fritz Pfeffer. AnneFrank.org.

11. Four More Jews Joined the Franks After a Week In Hiding

Many Jews were hidden throughout the Netherlands as part of the Dutch resistance. Miep Gies, fearing for the safety of her Jewish friends and neighbors, hid her dentist, Fritz Pfeffer in the Annex along with the Franks. An entire family, the van Pels, consisting of husband and wife Hermann and Augustine and their son, Peter, also joined the Franks. It is estimated that about two-thirds of the Jews hidden by the resistance movement survived the war.

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