Otto Frank
Father of Anne Frank (1889–1980) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other people with similar names, see Otto Franke.
Otto Heinrich Frank (12 May 1889 – 19 August 1980) was the father of Anne Frank. He edited and published the first edition of her diary in 1947 (subsequently known in English as The Diary of a Young Girl) and advised on its later theatrical and cinematic adaptations. In the 1950s and 60s he established European charities in his daughter's name and founded the trust which preserved his family's wartime hiding place, the Anne Frank House, in Amsterdam.
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Born | Otto Heinrich Frank (1889-05-12)12 May 1889 |
Died | 19 August 1980(1980-08-19) (aged 91) Birsfelden, Switzerland |
Resting place | Birsfelden Cemetery |
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Occupation | Spice merchant[1] |
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Allegiance | German Empire |
Service/ | Imperial German Army |
Years of service | 1915–1918 |
Rank | Lieutenant |
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