Mr. Frank Biography and Character Analysis

                                                                Biography

Otto Frank aka Mr. Frank was born on May 12th, 1889. Otto Frank was born into a liberal Jewish family. He was the second of four children born to Alice Betty and Michael Frank. His elder brother was Robert Frank, and his younger siblings were Herbert Frank and Helene Frank. After graduating from high school, Frank spent a summer studying art history at the University of Heidelberg and worked at a local bank for one year. After graduating from high school, Frank spent a summer studying art history at the University of Heidelberg and worked at a local bank for one year. Frank began studying economics, a former classmate set up an internship for Frank at Macy's Department Store in Manhattan, New York. Unfortunately, in 1909, just a couple of weeks after Frank arrived in New York for his internship, his father passed away. In 1911, Frank returned to Germany and in 1914 Frank was conscripted into the German army. Frank married his first wife, Edith Holländer, on May 12, 1925, and had they had 2 kids Margot and Anne Frank. In 1933, Otto relocated the family to Holland to avoid the dangers of Germany once Adolf Hitler had risen to power. In 1942 Otto and the Frank family went into hiding and 2 years later in 1944, the Frank family was arrested and sent to the Westerbork transit concentration camp, then to the Auschwitz concentration camp. After Auschwitz was liberated in 1945, Frank discovered that he was the only member of his family to have survived the Holocaust. Months later, Frank's former secretary, Miep Gies, found Anne's diary and Otto published it under the title "The Diary of a Young Girl" in 1947. In 1953, Otto remarried Elfriede Geiringer where they would live out the remainder of their years together. Frank died in Basel, Switzerland, on August 19, 1980.

Character Analysis in "Diary of Anne Frank"

Mr. Frank was, a wise man, fair, loyal, attentive, patient, intelligent, soft, level-headed, optimistic, genuinely liked people, decision-maker, teacher, beloved by his workers who protected him and his family as well as the other tenants of the Annex throughout the war. He was especially susceptible to Anne’s charms. He was devoted to his wife, Edith, and comforted her whenever she was depressed about their living conditions, the attitudes of the van Daans/Dussel, or her relationship with Anne.