Anne Frank: The Only Existing Video Now Online

There’s no sound, and the clip only runs 20 sec­onds. But this is the only known footage of Anne Frank, and it’s now online. The Anne Frank House does a good job of set­ting the scene for the video tak­en on July 22, 1941. “The girl next door is get­ting mar­ried. Anne Frank is lean­ing out of the win­dow of her house in Ams­ter­dam to get a good look at the bride and groom… At the time of her wed­ding, the bride lived on the sec­ond floor at Mer­wede­plein 39. The Frank fam­i­ly lived at num­ber 37, also on the sec­ond floor. The Anne Frank House can offer you this film footage thanks to the coop­er­a­tion of the cou­ple.” Find more videos on YouTube’s Anne Frank Chan­nel.

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