Episode 295 Anne Frank, Her Life, Her Times and Her Words

Episode 295 Anne Frank, Her Life, Her Times and Her Words

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April 9, 2026 · 1h 9m · Episode 295

About this episode

The episode explores the life of Anne Frank and her family's experiences during the Nazi occupation in the Netherlands.

We have quite the episode for you here. This time we head back to 1942 to meet a small Jewish family, the Frank family. They are a mom a dad and two daughters living in Germany watching the country become a nightmare for Jews like themselves. Otto, the father, led them over to the Netherlands where he had business contacts. However, soon the Nazis occupied and controlled the Netherlands and the Franks were facing the same persecution they had before. So with great reluctance, they and another Jewish family went into hiding in a secret annex hidden behind a bookcase in Otto's business. Within a few months they were joined by a single dentist. For over a year they hid in the Secret Annex, staying quiet while employees did their thing, only running heat when the employees were gone and terrified at the sounds of frequent break-ins. However, it all came to an end when someone (history has no solid answers for who) reported them, the business was searched, the Annex found,and those hiding were taken away to labor resettlement camps, and from there to concentration camps where all but one were eventually killed. Otto Frank survivved and when he came into possession of his daughter's…

Topics covered

  • Anne Frank
  • World War II
  • Jewish history
  • persecution
  • resistance

Keywords

  • diary
  • concentration camps
  • hiding
  • Secret Annex

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Anne Frank, Her Life, Her Times and Her Words, the Family Plot Podcast

Places: Germany, Netherlands

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