Walk in the footsteps of Anne Frank on this 1.5-hours small group tour of the area where she spent her childhood.
The story of Anne Frank is known around the world because of her diary describing the period that she, her family, and 4 others spent in a secret and hidden annexhiding from Amsterdam’s German occupiers.
Because of many movies, theatre playsand books, the part of her life in hiding is very well known. Less known is her life as a young girl that moved away from Germany because of the upcoming anti-semitism. Anne's father, Otto Frank, moved his family to the (what he believed to be) safe Amsterdam. They arrived in 1933 and settled on the square Merwedeplein. Anne Frank spent the happiest moments at this square and its surroundings.
During this walking tour we take you back the places that were important to Anne Frank in her childhood. See where she went to school and the shop where she bought herfamous diary. Explore the area where she played outside and discover the house where Miep Gies lived for many years. Miep Gies is the woman that handed the diary over to Otto Frank after the war. She had saved a number of the family’s personal belongings after the Germans raided the house.
Otto Frank was reluctant to publish the diary, but when he read in the diary that it was his daughter’s wish to have it published, he allowed the book to become public in June 1947.
The tour takes place in the south of Amsterdam, where you will have the opportunity to become acquainted with an area of the city that you would otherwise likely not see. This area was constructed in the 1920-30ties and was based on revolutionary ideas of city planning, architecture and social housing.