A Diary For Anne Frank
The film documents the well-known story of Anne Frank, whose family hid from the Nazis in Amsterdam. Eventually caught, Frank was sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where she later died. The film goes on to explore the concentration camp in detail, the procedures and methods of the camp's commanding officers, and the atrocities the Nazis committed. Shockingly, many of the officers went on to retain their freedom, and lead relatively normal lives, often receiving support from the German government.
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A Diary For Anne Frank
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- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
Mar 13, 1959
Runtime
0h 18m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
Ein Tagebuch für Anne Frank
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme
Director
Joachim Hellwig
Description
The film documents the well-known story of Anne Frank, whose family hid from the Nazis in Amsterdam. Eventually caught, Frank was sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where she later died. The film goes on to explore the concentration camp in detail, the procedures and methods of the camp's commanding officers, and the atrocities the Nazis committed. Shockingly, many of the officers went on to retain their freedom, and lead relatively normal lives, often receiving support from the German government.
