After spending two years eluding nazi capture while in hiding in amsterdam the frank family was discovered on aug.
Attic the hiding of anne frank.
15 year old jewish diarist anne frank and her family are captured hiding in an amsterdam warehouse.
As the war raged on outside miep developed a unique connection with otto s youngest anne encouraging her to journal and bringing her notebooks until the nazis finally discovered their secret.
For decades historians have debated who betrayed anne frank and her family.
Playwright william hanley received an emmy for his script.
Any noise from upstairs might arouse suspicion and so the people in hiding were absolutely forbidden from using the water drainage that ran along the storeroom.
The two families already knew each other.
Not a drop of water no wc no walking everything quiet anne frank wenn die uhr halb neune schlägt 6 augustus 1943.
Seven days later july 13 1942 the van pels family the van daans in the published diary arrived at the secret annex.
Four months later they were joined by an eighth person.
In the secret annex 23 august 1943.
The frank family arrived safely at the secret annex located in otto frank s business at 263 prinsengracht in amsterdam.
The van pels family followed a week later.
The franks had taken shelter there in 1942 out of fear of deportation to a nazi concentration camp.
And so began a life of hiding tucked away in the attic above the business a courageous miep providing them with living essentials.
Fritz pfeffer an acquaintance of the frank family.
It is based on miep gies s book anne frank remembered.
The hiding of anne frank pg 1h 37min drama history war tv movie 17 april 1988 miep gies struggles to keep anne frank and her family hidden and safe inside the secret annex as the nazis turn amsterdam upside down.
In july 1942 the frank family went into hiding.
Hiding in the secret annex on the prinsengracht.
Anne had been told that there was a hiding place but not its location until the day of the actual move.