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Interview with Miep Gies
Miep Gies talks about helping the people in hiding in the Secret Annex.
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What is the Holocaust?
Read about its causes, its stages and the perpetrators.
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"God knows everything, but Anne knows it better"
Hannah Goslar was one of Anne Frank's best friends.
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A typical day in the Secret Annex
What typical weekdays and Sundays in the Secret Annex would have been like.
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Germany 1933: from democracy to dictatorship
How did the Nazi party come to power and how did Hitler eliminate his opponents?
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Holocaust diaries by Anne Frank and other young writers
Anne was not the only one who kept a diary during the Holocaust.
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Anne, from Diarist to Icon
How Anne's diary still inspires millions of readers.
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Was Anne Frank betrayed?
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The second raid in Amsterdam
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Reconstruction: the arrest of the people in hiding
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How unique was the Secret Annex? People in hiding in the occupied Netherlands
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The history of the Secret Annex
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Why did Hitler hate the Jews?
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The two versions of Anne’s diary
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The (im)possibilities of escaping 1933 – 1942
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The German invasion of the Netherlands
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The Netherlands: the highest number of Jewish victims in Western Europe
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The authenticity of the diary
The diary is not a forgery. Read about the key facts here.