Footsteps of WWII · The Netherlands

Anne Frank House, Amsterdam

Museum · 6 Jul 1942 – 4 Aug 1944

The story

On 6 July 1942 Otto Frank's family went into hiding in the Secret Annex behind his business at Prinsengracht 263. The van Pels family followed a week later and Fritz Pfeffer in November: eight people in all, supplied by helpers including Miep Gies, Bep Voskuijl, Johannes Kleiman and Victor Kugler. On 4 August 1944 police raided the annex and arrested them. They were sent via Westerbork to Auschwitz; Anne and Margot died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen in February 1945. Only Otto survived. Anne's diary, saved by Miep Gies, was published as 'Het Achterhuis' on 25 June 1947. The house opened as a museum on 3 May 1960.

What to look for

A narrow canal-side house. Behind the moveable bookcase are the empty rooms of the Secret Annex, left unfurnished at Otto Frank's wish, with Anne's film-star pictures still on her wall and the pencil marks of the children's heights. The original diary is displayed.

Plan your visit

Open daily 09:00–22:00 (shorter hours on some holidays; closed 21 Sep 2026 for Yom Kippur). Tickets only online, for a set time slot, released each Tuesday six weeks ahead; adults €16.50. Card payment only. Book early.

Nearby sites

• Rotterdam 1940: 'The Destroyed City' monument · 58 km
• Grebbeberg battlefield and military cemetery · 68 km
• Ginkel Heath drop zone, Ede · 69 km
• Airborne Museum Hartenstein, Oosterbeek · 78 km
• Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery · 78 km
• Old Church and Kate ter Horst house, Oosterbeek · 79 km

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