#OnThisDay 1929: Anne Frank was born. In 1979, her father Otto explained to Blue Peter's Lesley Judd how his daughter's famous diary survived to become a best-seller. | BBC Archive

In 1960, Otto Frank returned to the attic where his family had hidden during the war.It was the place where Anne wrote her diary, where days were measured in silence, fear, and waiting.By then, Otto was the only one still alive. His wife Edith and his daughters, Margot and Anne, had not returned. Walking through those rooms again meant facing absence more than memory. The walls were the same, the stairs unchanged, but the life that once filled the space was gone.This visit was not an act of nost

This is one of the few television interviews Anne Frank's father Otto gave (1967). While sitting in the Secret Annex, he talks about his surprise at the things Anne wrote in her diary. Although he and Anne were very close, he wasn't aware of her most inner feelings. | Anne Frank House