Otto frank full biography
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Biographies
Iain Glen
Iain's Career Highlights
Bafta nominated, Iain Glen trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. His theatre work includes the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Blue Room with Nicole Kidman.
His film and television work varies from Trial and Retribution to the Resident Evil films, and he also appeared in Gorillas in the Mist. Iain has also starred in The Belsen Redemption which centred on the liberation of Bergen-Belsen camp where Anne, Margot and Edith Frank eventually lost their lives.
Iain on Otto
"Otto was idolised and adored by Anne and the challenge was to create a three dimensional person who went through many emotions and suffered fears and doubts that he rarely showed and wasn't perceived by his youngest daughter."
I do think Otto was incredibly courageous, devising a deception to keep his family together against vile oppression. Otto throughout the trials of their incarceration remained hopeful and did everything to create a normality of upbringing for his adored daughters."
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Otto Frank was the second son of Michael Frank and Alice Betty Stern. The family lived in Germany and were liberal Jews. They valued Jewish traditions and holidays but did not observe all religious laws.
Father Michael Frank was the proud owner of a business bank in Frankfurt am Main. After high school, Otto briefly studied art history in Heidelberg. He then went on to do traineeships at various banks and at Macy's (New York).
Otto returned to Germany after his father's sudden death in 1909. He spent some time at a company that produced horseshoes. The First World War initially seemed to pass Otto by, but he enlisted in 1915. He was part of a ‘Lichtmesstrupp', a unit that analysed where enemy artillery fire came from.
When the war ended, Otto had been promoted to lieutenant and was decorated. After his return, he joined the family bank.
Leaving Germany
At the age of 36, Otto married Edith Holländer. The couple settled in Frankfurt am Main and had two daughters, Margot (1926) and Anne (1929). They had a good life, although they worried about the future. Germany was in crisis. The country had been hit hard by the global economic crisis of 1929 and many people lived in dire poverty. Hitler and his party took advantage of the feelings of dissatisfaction, and their su
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Family
Otto Frank
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Diary, 5 July 1942