Hannah Pick-Goslar, a Holocaust survivorAnne Frank’s closest friend, died aged 93.
Pick-Goslar died just two weeks before turning 94. Her three children, 11 grandchildren, and 31 great-grandchildren survive her.
Anne Frank Foundation paid tributes Pick-Goslar because she helped keep Frank’s memory fresh by sharing stories from their youth. Frank’s famous diary includes Pick-Goslar’s account of her hiding from the Nazi occupiers in the Netherlands.
“Hannah Pick–Goslar meant much to the Anne Frank House and we could always count on her,” the foundation stated in a statement.
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Hannah Pick-Goslar (a Holocaust survivor, and Anne Frank’s closest friend) died at 93 years old.
Pick-Goslar, according to the foundation, “shared her memories about their friendship and the Holocaust through old age.” Pick-Goslar believed that everyone should know what happened after Anne’s last diary entry. “No matter how horrible the story.”
According to Anne Frank House Museum, Pick Goslar was born 1928 in Berlin. When the Nazis rose to power in 1933, Pick-Goslar and her family fled for London, England.Â
She and her family later moved into a new home. Amsterdam, NetherlandsFrank’s family, she was there. They became close friends after they attended kindergarten together.
However, the Frank family in 1942 forced the friendship to end when they went into hiding.
Pick-Goslar died just two weeks before turning 94. Her three children, 11 grandchildren, and 31 great-grandchildren survive her.
Pick-Goslar, her family and their belongings were taken to Camp Westerbork a year later. Westerbork is known as the “gateway of Hell” and was used to transport victims to larger concentration camps.
Pick-Goslar was transferred with her family to Bergen-Belsen concentration Camp in 1944. She would return to Frank the next year shortly after Frank died from Typhus. Pick-Goslar, her younger sister Gabi, were the only family members to survive Bergen-Belsen.
Pick-Goslar was freed in 1947 and emigrated to Israel. There she became a nurse, and eventually got married.
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Pick-Goslar was a tribute to the Anne Frank Foundation for keeping Frank’s memory alive (pictured), by sharing stories about their youth.Â
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In 1997, Alison Leslie Gold published “Memories and Anne Frank; Reflections on a Childhood Friend.” She recounted Frank’s friendship. The film “My Best Friend Anne Frank” was made from the book.
Frank refers to Pick-Goslar as Hanneli in his diary, which Anne called her.
“Hanneli, Sanne were my best friends. People who had seen us together used to always say, “There goes Anne, Hanne, and Sanne,” Frank wrote June 14, 1942.
