1. Remember, although you will be reading a play, these are REAL people!
Meet the “Characters”
Remember, although you will be reading a play, these are REAL people!

2. Anne Frank Born June 12, 1929 in Germany
very outgoing, energetic and extroverted
She received the diary for her 13th birthday
She died shortly after her sister of typhus in March 1945

3. Otto Frank Anne’s Dad Born May 12, 1889 in Frankfurt, Germany
In 1908 he lived in New York and worked for Macy’s where he learned about business
One year later, he returned to Germany when his father died
Enlisted in German Army at start of WW I
Married Edith when he was 36
Hobby was photography
Spring 1933 moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ran his own business making pectin
June 3, 1945, he returns to Amsterdam
Marries a Holocaust survivor in 1953
19060 he is instrumental in opening Anne Frank house in Amstersdam
He died August 19, 1980

4. Edith Frank Anne’s Mom January 16, 1900 born in Aachen, Germany
She was 25 when she married Otto Frank
Edith struggled the most with moving to Amsterdam
Edith and Anne often argued
January 6, 1945 – died of starvation in Aushwitz

5. Margot Frank Anne’s sister
Born February 16, 1926 in Frankfurt, Germany
Attended a Montessori school until when Jewish children were no longer allowed to go to school of their choice
Goal was to be a nurse in Palestine
Got call up notice on July 5, 1942
February or March, 1945 – she died of Typhus at 19 weeks before her sister died
She also kept a diary, but it was never found

6. Herman and Auguste Van Pels (Van Daan)
Hermann
1937 they fled Germany for Netherlands
worked for Mr. Frank
Loved telling jokes, arguing about politics and building things
September 6, 1944 – gasses in Aushwitz
Auguste
Born September 29, 1900
Described as “tempermental, flirty and chatty and a pessimist”
Spring 1945, she died in a concentration camp

7. Peter Van Pels (Van Daan)
Born November 8, in Germany
Only child
He was 16 when they went into hiding
He watched his father get marched into the gas chamber
Died May 1945 after a death march

8. Fritz Pfeffer (Mr. Dussel)
Born April 30, 1889 in Giessen, Germany
Served in German army in WWI
Tried marrying his fiancé, but she was Christian and it was against the Nazi’s laws
He had one son, Peter, whom he sent to live with Uncle in England
He was a dentist, and Miep Gies was his patient
He enjoyed sailing, riding and traveling
Went into hiding on November 17, 1942
Died on December 20, 1944 in concentration camp

9. Miep Gies Born in Vienna in 1909
Sent to Netherlands after WWI with other children to recuperate from illness and malnutrition
In 1933 she began working as secretary for Mr. Frank
She helped keep the Franks in hiding for more than 2 years
She was not arrested in the raid and was responsible for saving Anne’s diary
Up until the age of 90 she traveled the world telling Anne’s story and helping at the Anne Frank House
She died, January 11, 2010 at age of 100