Anne Frank 1944, she kept a diary she had received as a birthday present, and wrote in it regularly. Following their arrest, the Franks were transported to concentration camps. In October or November 1944, Anne and her sister, Margot, were transferred from Auschwitz to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they died (probably of typhus) a few months later. They were originally estimated by the Red Cross to have died in March, with Dutch authorities setting 31 March as their official date of death, but research by the Anne Frank House in 2015 suggests they more likely died in February. Otto, the only survivor
Anne Frank Foundation since 1942 during the German occupation of the Netherlands in the Second World War. In 1960 the Anne Frank Huis became a museum. Director of the foundation was Hans Westra, who retired in 2011 and was followed by Ronald Leopold. Anne Frank Foundation The Anne Frank Foundation () is a foundation in the Netherlands originally established to maintain the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. This foundation also advocates the fight against antisemitism and racism and publishes the Dutch annual "Monitor Racisme en Extreem-rechts" (Racism and Extreme Right Monitor), in which the activities of present-day racists and extreme rightists are studied.