This is the only known video of Anne Frank, taken in Amsterdam in 1941. In the clip, 12-year-old Anne is seen looking out her window at a neighborhood wedding. A year later, due to the persecution of Jews, her family went into hiding. Anne wrote in her diary throughout their two years in the secret annex, capturing her thoughts and experiences. Tragically, they were discovered in 1944, leading to their arrest and deportation to concentration camps. Anne perished in Bergen-Belsen at 15, but her d

In July 1941, Anne Frank was captured on film. For as far as we know, this is the only existing film footage of Anne. She is leaning out of the window of her house in Amsterdam. At that time, the Frank family lived on the second floor at Merwedeplein 37. The Anne Frank House is now the owner of Anne Frank’s former home on the Merwedeplein. Its purpose remains the same: the apartment provides accommodation to writers from abroad who cannot work in freedom in their own countries. | Anne Frank Hous