#7: Otto Frank in the Attic
This historical photograph is rarely seen, but it should be more well-known in our opinion. This stoic photograph is of Otto Frank, Anne Frank’s father. He is pictured standing in the attic where he and his family hid from Nazis during the Holocaust. Otto survived Auschwitz, only to discover that Anne and the rest of his family had not survived the horrific tragedies of World War II.
This photo was taken in the secret annex of the house the Frank family hid in. Otto revisited the house in 1960. This photograph is stark, raw, and emotional. Otto was the only surviving member of his family. Knowing that while looking at this photo makes it all the more haunting. We can only imagine the emotions he must have been feeling when this photo was taken years after those life-changing, traumatic events.