Anne Frank On Film
The Atlantic passes along an interesting historical memento, the only known surviving footage of Anne Frank:
On July 22, 1941, a woman who lived on the second floor of Merwedeplein 39, Amsterdam, celebrated her wedding. Looking on from the balcony next door, was a 12-year-old Anne Frank.
She flickers onto the screen for just a few brief seconds. She looks around, turns to shout to someone inside, and returns her gaze to the scene below.
Today would have been Frank’s 84th birthday.
Update: Incidentally, Frank and her family did not go into hiding until July 1942, just under a year after this film was taken.
How do we know that is her?
@ernieyeball:
Museum officials have apparently verified it
One of the truly moving experieces is to be in the attic and see the markings on the wall of her height during the time spent there.