The attic of the secret annex.
Anne frank house attic.
Pinewood stairs to the attic.
Peter van pels s room.
She did not survive the war but her wartime diary was published in 1947.
We decided to see it on our last trip.
Travel back to the years of the second world war and wander through the rooms of the secret annex where anne frank her family and four other jews hid from nazi persecution during ww2.
The anne frank house is a museum with a story.
The building is located on a canal called the prinsengracht close to the westerkerk in central amsterdam in the netherlands.
The westertoren is mentioned frequently in her diary its clock face on the tower could be seen from the attic of the achterhuis and anne.
The room of hermann and auguste van pels.
The westerkerk is located close to the anne frank house where diarist anne frank her family and others were hid in the achterhuis from nazi persecution for two years during world war ii.
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Anne noted that the desk was always full of books and that the stairs served as extra shelves.
As a visitor you experience this story through quotes photos videos and original items.
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Experience the world famous secret annex of the anne frank house in a never before seen way.
Room of anne frank and fritz pfeffer.
It leads to the attic.
In the middle of peter s small room there is a pinewood 12 step flight of stairs.
I have been to amsterdam before but decided not to see this place i was afraid that it would be too heart breaking to see it.
During world war ii anne frank hid from nazi persecution with her family and four other people in hidden rooms at the rear of the 17th century canal house known as the secret annex.
The anne frank house is a writer s house and biographical museum dedicated to jewish wartime diarist anne frank.
On the left behind the stairs is peter s desk.
The original stairs in peter s room.
Look around the attic where the people in hiding stored their food and hung their laundry.
The official website of the anne frank house with the most complete and up to date information about anne frank her diary and the secret annex.
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