The only known video of Anne Frank can be found on the Anne Frank House YouTube page.
The footage, from 1941, is the only time Anne has been captured on film. The 20-second footage uploaded to the museum’s recently launched Anne Frank Channel shows Anne’s neighbor on her wedding day. A 12-year-old Anne is seen nine seconds into the video, leaning out of a second-floor window to get a better look at the bride and groom. At the time of the wedding the bride-to-be lived at No 39 Merwedeplein, next door to the Franks at No 37.
The scene was filmed on 22 July 1941, just under a year before the Frank family went into hiding above the family business. The family were discovered in August 1944 and Anne died in a Nazi concentration camp in March 1945.
Annemarie Bekker, from the Anne Frank House, told The Guardian that they thought YouTube would be the best way to present the footage and to present Anne Frank’s story.
“The footage is very moving and very unique because these are the only moving images of Anne Frank..
“The museum has had the footage for some time, but thought YouTube would be a good platform to show the film and the other films about her life. It’s another way to bring the life of Anne Frank to the attention of younger people, and all people worldwide.”
We only get to see Anne for a few seconds. I wish we could see more.
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