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Otto Frank Frank Otto is the father of Anne Frank. Otto Frank published Anne Frank's diary so that he could make her dreams of becoming a published author come true, and to give a face to the Holocaust for people around the world. Otto Frank was born May 12, 1889 in Frankfurt Germany. He died August 19, 1980 in Birsfelden, Switzerland. He had two children, Anne and Margot. He got married twice, first to Anne's mother Edith, and later to Elfriede Grainger (1953-1980) another Holocaust survivor. Otto Frank was a businessman and an author, he wrote //The Legacy of Anne Frank//, a tribute to his daughter.

Otto Frank was once in the military, serving his country, Germany, in WWI. After WWI, Frank worked for a company called Opekta that made the gelling agent to make homemade jam. Otto Frank also sold his product, for which he arranged advertisements and organized demonstrations at meetings for housewife associations. He did the best he could to keep his business going after moving his family from Germany to the Netherlands just before WWII, and during the war he was one of just a few Jewish businessmen to be able to keep working, by selling his products to the German military.

After the war, Frank published his daughter's diary to incredible acclaim, inspiring and educating people all around the world. He created the Anne Frank Funds and opened the Anne Frank House to keep educating the world about the horrors of the Holocaust.