Anne Frank museum

Today we went to the Anne Frank museum based in the actually annex and building. We waited in line for 3/4 of an hour until we were inside. The museum consists of why the Franks left Germany for the Netherlands, how the Jewish were being treated, the planning of going into hiding, the people who helped them, the actually annex and bookcase hiding the door,the time in concentration camps, where the Franks and the other parties from the secret annex died except for Otto Frank (Anne's father), Otto Frank's after story about how he read Anne's dairy and how he got it published and a Free2Choose section. The Free2Choose section is a yes or no answering virtual questionnaire about human rights, freedom of speech and religion through out todays society.



The front building from Anne's story

The museum was excellent, it had interviews with surviving helpers and Otto Frank, it was educational about how the Jewish were treated in concentration camps without being to confronting. The annex from what I have seen and heard was very small but when you are in it it seems much bigger then you realise (of course that is without the furniture and the eight people living in there). This is a must do in Amsterdam no matter how long the line is.

Jake

Location:Amsterdam