Otto H. Frank

Otto Heinrich Frank was a German businessman who later became a resident of the Netherlands and Switzerland. He was the father of Anne Frank and Margot Frank and husband of Edith Frank-Holländer, and was the sole member of his family to survive the Holocaust. Without him, Anne's diary would not have been published, and without him, there would not have been an Anne Frank House.

After Anne Frank's death was confirmed in the summer of 1945, her diary and papers were given to Otto Frank by Miep Gies, who rescued them from the ransacked hiding place. Frank left them unread for some time but eventually began transcribing them for his relatives in Switzerland. He was persuaded that Anne's writing shed light on the experiences of those who suffered persecution under the Nazis and was urged to consider publishing it. Eventually, Otto found a publisher and Anne’s diary was published in 1947, two years after the war. Translations into French, German and English were soon to follow.