We know her for her moving chronicle while in isolation in The Diary of a Young Girl, but historians still struggle to unravel the mysteries of Anne Frank's betrayal in Nazi-occupied Netherlands during the Second World War. Below, the stirring and only known footage of Anne Frank before her death in 1945 at age 15.
Back in 2009, the Anne Frank House, the Amsterdam museum dedicated to preserving her memory and experiences, released the only footage of Anne Frank known to exist. Frank and her family were forced from Germany in 1933 after ongoing persecution of the Jewish population by the Nazi regime stripped them of their citizenship. While in hiding in Amsterdam in secret rooms concealed behind bookshelves, the Franks were betrayed by a confidant. Anne, her sister Margot, and their mother Edith were transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp where they later died.
Last month would have been her 86th birthday, and historians are still baffled by the mystery of who could have possibly been responsible for disclosing the location of their whereabouts. As early as 2015, it was reported that a sister and Nazi collaborator of her father Otto's typist could have been responsible, though investigations into these claims are still ongoing.
From the Anne Frank Home's description:
“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. It is the only time Anne Frank has ever been captured on film. 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.”
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