Laureen Nussbaum, close friend of Margot, Anne Frank's sister.

Rudi Nussbaum, her husband, was in hiding for four years.

During the war, the people living in Holland had to get by on rations totaling 200 calories.  Normal calorie intake is 2000 per day.

Mr. Frank was the best man at Laureen and Rudi's wedding.

Ms. Nussbaum remembers being "too snooty" to really get to know her best friend's younger sister.

Ms. Nussbaum and her family procured false identity papers of good quality--and didn't have to go into hiding.

Ms. Nussbaum and Margot were close partly because they attended the same religious classes.

Although Anne was quite lively, she read literature and history and took extensive notes.  She also wrote stories.

Ms. Nussbaum and friends put on a play.  She was the stage director; Anne Frank was the Princess in the play.  Ms. Nussbaum had to "keep Anne down" because she was so vivacious.

After the war, Mr. Frank looked over the papers Miep Gies had collected from the annex floor.  He wasn't sure if he should publish the pages because they were so personal.  He asked his community of friends--and decided to publish Anne's work in 1947.

Mr. Frank was "the best daddy."  Ms. Nussbaum said he was know to make and serve breakfast in bed for his wife Edith. This was unheard of! He was also closely involved in his children's education.

The name of the informer who reported the Franks is still a mystery.  One biography says one thing--another says something different.

Photos and commentary by Mrs. Searle