Throughout the Holocaust, many Jews survived by hiding to escape the fate and harsh realities that would otherwise await the oppressed. The Diary of a Young Girl allows readers to witness and gain some insight into what hidden Jews suffered during the Holocaust. Some may have lost their lives, but Otto Frank, Anne Frank's father, survived the Holocaust in hiding. The secret annex became the refuge of Otto Frank, his family and several other Jews starting July 6, 1942 (www.annefrank.org). The annex provided a barrier against the Nazis and death camps for two years before the Gestapo discovered the Franks and others and sent the Jews to concentration camps for the remainder of the Holocaust (www. ushmm.org). The others hiding with Frank lost their lives, leaving Otto Frank the only survivor of the secret annex. His time in hiding saved his life, making him a Holocaust survivor (www.ushmm.org). Otto Frank, born May 12, 1889 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, belonged to a liberal Jewish family with three brothers and sisters (www.biographie.com). He studied art history and economics at the University of Heidelberg, which eventually led him to work at a bank and then accept an internship at Macy's department store in Manhattan. The death of his father prevented him from gaining the business experience he initially desired to experience, but determined that young Otto Frank continued his business (www.biography.com). In 1911, Otto Frank left America for his home in Germany and finally, in 1914, he was drafted into the German Army on the Western Front and earned the title of Lieutenant (www.annefrank.org). After the war ended, Frank took over the family bank, married his first wife...... middle of paper ......ble to publish the newspaper and share his daughter's views (www.ushmm. org). Frank helped make his daughter's story one of the most popular books in the world, while also opening the Anne Frank House. Otto Frank married Elfriede (Fritzi) Markovits in 1953 and lived the rest of his life with her in Switzerland. Frank breathed his last on August 19, 1980 in Basel, Switzerland (www.biography.com). Otto Frank faced many difficulties, but fought to overcome them and eventually survived the holocaust. The toll of his family's loss affected him deeply, his strength breaking as he spoke of the horrors of the Holocaust. In an interview before his death, Frank explained: “I can no longer speak of what I felt when my family arrived on the platform of the Auschwitz train station and we were forcibly separated from each other. » (www.annefrankguide.net).