Otto Frank

tto Frank, the father of Anne and Margot. Without him, Anne's diary would not have been published, and without him, there would not have been an Anne Frank House.

Miep Gies remembered Otto in the Secret Annex as ‘the calm one, the children’s teacher, the most logical, the one who balanced everyone out. He was the leader, the one in charge.’

Otto died on 19 August 1980. Shortly before his death, he said in an interview: ‘I am almost ninety now and my strength is slowly fading. But the mission that Anne passed on, keeps giving me new strength - to fight for reconciliation and for human rights across the world.’

Photo: Otto Frank with his daughters Margot and Anne, 1931