Anne Frank House

Anne Frank House opened its doors to the public, on 3 May 1960.

These are the memories of the American photographer Arnold Newman of this photo he took of Otto Frank in the attic of the Secret Annex a few hours before the official opening of the Anne Frank House museum: “The mood was depressing, and I immediately began photographing him. After a few moments, the Westertoren bells next door began to ring, and Frank turned to me and said: ‘Those were the bells that Anne wrote about.’ He suddenly broke down completely, weeping uncontrollably, and then so did I. We never met again. To this day when I lecture or tell this story to people, I find I choke up; I still can’t help myself.”