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Otto Frank

Otto Frank, German-Swiss businessman and Holocaust survivor; father of diarist Anne Frank (died 1980)

Born
May 12, 1889
Died
August 19, 1980
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1889

About Otto Frank

Otto Heinrich Frank was a German businessman, and the father of Anne Frank. He edited and published the first edition of her diary in 1947 and advised on its later theatrical and cinematic adaptations. In the 1950s and the 1960s, 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. 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. He was awarded the Iron Cross for his military service. There won't be a pin left, the Germans stole everything.

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Otto Frank timeline

  1. 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.
  2. He edited and published the first edition of her diary in 1947 and advised on its later theatrical and cinematic adaptations.

The world when Otto Frank was born

Otto Frank was born in 1889. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineEiffel Tower opens for Paris World's Fair
  • Technology milestoneEiffel Tower — world's tallest structure
  • World population~1.49B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBenjamin Harrison
  • U.S. population58.6M

1889 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Otto Frank's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18892026
Population58.6M341 million

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