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Anne Frank's father, Otto, visits the attic where they hid from the Germans in World War II. He stands alone as he is the only member of his family to have survived the Holocaust, 1960. (files.catbox.moe)
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Photographer: Arnold Newman

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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

i mean it was only 15 years later and probably the first time anyone could go back im sure a lot of people wanted to see what was left and im sure they didn't force him if he volunteered to be photographed

it was also the day that the anne frank house opened

https://www.annefrank.org/en/about-us/what-we-do/otto-franks-mission/

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