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Van Pel's Room

Mr and Mrs Van Pel’s (Hermann and Auguste Van Pel respectively) room was the most spacious in the Secret Annex. Before it became a hiding place, it was used as a laboratory for the office. Meal times would take place here. Everyone would gather in the room during meal times to sit together and eat. Hermann died in Auschwitz, being the first of the eight to die. He was the only member of the group to be gassed. While being deported to Theresienstadt, guards threw Auguste Van Pel in front of the train.

Peter Van Pel's Room

Peter was Anne’s crush. He had nothing more than a landing to the attic as his room. He tried his best to make it as nice as possible. Anne and Peter spent a lot of time there together. Peter died in the Mauthausen Concentration Camp on May 5, 1945.

The Bathroom

The bathroom only had a toilet, a wash basin and cold water. Everyone in the Secret Annex were alloted a time in the day to use it. The bathroom couldn’t be flushed during the day because the factory people could hear it. Anne performed here extensive beauty regime there, everyday from 9pm to 930pm.

Anne's Room

Anne’s room was long and narrow room and she decorated it with posters of her favorite Hollywood stars. For the last 18 months in the Secret Annex, she had to share the room with Fritz Pfeffer, a jew from Berlin, who she found very annoying. Anne died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945.

Frank Family Room

Edith (Anne's mother), Margot (Anne's sister) and Otto Frank ( Anne's Father) lived together in the Frank family room. When the air raids and guns frightened Anne, she would come here to be comforted by her Father. Margot and Anne died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. Edith Frank died in Auschwitz in 1945. Otto Frank was the only survivor of the Secret Annex.

Entrance to the Secret Annex

The Secret Annex is hidden behind a bookshelf that leads to a small and dark hallway. It looked like a dead end and nobody could suspect that there ar 2 floors and a loft and bathroom hidden behind it. The occupants of the Secret Annexe hid safely behind it for 2 years.