Anne Frank in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

“I want to live on, even after my death.” Anne Frank had written these words in her diary on 4 April 1944, just a few weeks before her 15th birthday. This wish was tragically fulfilled through the diary she kept whilst in hiding.

Anne’s diary has been available to the public since 25 June 1947 and has been translated into countless languages; it has also been adapted for the stage and performed in many theatres. It is frequently set as required reading in schools to help young people understand, through this example, the consequences of anti-Semitism and the Nazi
regime’s reign of terror.

Anne Frank did not live to see her 16th birthday. She died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as a result of the appalling conditions there, just a few weeks before the camp was subjected to the Liberation by the British Army.

There are various eyewitness accounts from young women who, like her, were imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen and survived, from which we can learn more about the fate of Anne Frank and her sister Margot in Bergen-Belsen. This aspect is often overlooked compared with the reception of her world-famous diary; usually, the story of Anne Frank and her diary ends with the arrest of the Frank family in Amsterdam.

The approximately 90-minute guided tour is led by educator Doreen Krohne. She has been leading educational events at the memorial since 2005, initially as a teacher and now as a freelance consultant.

The event begins at 2.30 pm. Admission is free. The meeting point is at the information desk of the Documentation Centre. You can reserve a place via our booking portal.