The westerkerk is located close to the anne frank house where diarist anne frank her family and others were hid in the achterhuis from nazi persecution for two years during world war ii.
Anne frank s attic amsterdam.
Anne came up here to be alone and look at the chestnut tree.
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It preserves the hiding place has a permanent exhibition on the life and time.
Anne frank and her family spent two years hiding in a secret attic apartment behind the office of a family owned business in amsterdam.
The anne frank house is located in the city centre of amsterdam at prinsengracht 263 267.
The entrance to the museum is around the corner at westermarkt 20.
It is a 20 minute walk from amsterdam central station.
Look around the attic where the people in hiding stored their food and hung their laundry.
The original stairs in peter s room.
During world war ii anne frank hid from nazi persecution with her family and four other people in hidden rooms at the rear of the 17th century canal house known as the secret annex.
Step inside hiding in the secret annex on the prinsengracht.
Sunday august 4 2019 marks 75 years since anne frank and her family along with four other people were taken by nazi officials after their hiding was discovered according to the auschwitz.
It leads to the attic.
Anne noted that the desk was always full of books and that the stairs served as extra shelves.
The museum opened on 3 may 1960.
The westertoren is mentioned frequently in her diary its clock face on the tower could be seen from the attic of the achterhuis and anne frank described the chiming of the carillon as a source of comfort.
On the left behind the stairs is peter s desk.
Pinewood stairs to the attic.
She did not survive the war but her wartime diary was published in 1947.
The franks and four dutch jews who were hiding with them were discovered by authorities on august 4 1944.
In the middle of peter s small room there is a pinewood 12 step flight of stairs.