1 janv. 1942 - the hiding

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In 1942, the Nazis wanted to take Anne’s elder sister, Margot, to Germany, but her family refused to be separated and went into hiding. Anne’s father had spent several months preparing a hiding place, in the backhouse of his company at Prinsengracht 263. Anne later named it the ‘Secret Annex’. The Secret Annex was above the warehouse. The entrance to the Annex was later hidden behind a bookcase. Anne’s father, Otto Frank, enlisted help from four of his employees who worked at the office and who became known as ‘the helpers‘ — Miep Gies, Bep Voskuijl, Johannes Kleiman and Victor Krugler. The helpers brought the family food, clothing and other supplies while they were in hiding. The people working in the warehouse didn’t know about the people in hiding, except for Johannes Voskuijl, Bep’s father, who made the bookcase. The Franks were the first family to move into the Secret Annex. Soon after, another family moved in — Hermann and Auguste van Pels, and their son Peter. Later followed by Fritz Pfeffer.