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A lost treasure trove (6,000 documents) from her grandmother’sattic about Anne Frank and her family, now woven into achronicle.
An old lady dies in Basel, Switzerland. Her devoteddaughter-in-law, Gertrude, steels herself to do what all familiesmust in the aftermath of death—she heads upstairs to the attic tosort through the effects. But Helene Elias wasn’t just any oldlady, and none could put a price on what she left as aninheritance.
Helene Elias was born Helene Frank, sister to Otto Frank, andthus Anne Frank’s aunt. Alice Frank, the matriarch and grand?motherof the family, left Germany for Switzerland in the 1930s, andthough her family had scattered across Europe, she remained at thehub of their lives. They wrote voluminously, sent photos, visitedfor summer holidays and reunions, and of course wrote about themwhen they returned home. Alice kept every bit she could. It all satupstairs in the house, which was eventually passed down to Alice’sgrandson, Buddy Elias, Anne Frank’s childhood playmate, and hiswife, Gertrude.
An old lady dies in Basel, Switzerland. Her devoteddaughter-in-law, Gertrude, steels herself to do what all familiesmust in the aftermath of death—she heads upstairs to the attic tosort through the effects. But Helene Elias wasn’t just any oldlady, and none could put a price on what she left as aninheritance.
Helene Elias was born Helene Frank, sister to Otto Frank, andthus Anne Frank’s aunt. Alice Frank, the matriarch and grand?motherof the family, left Germany for Switzerland in the 1930s, andthough her family had scattered across Europe, she remained at thehub of their lives. They wrote voluminously, sent photos, visitedfor summer holidays and reunions, and of course wrote about themwhen they returned home. Alice kept every bit she could. It all satupstairs in the house, which was eventually passed down to Alice’sgrandson, Buddy Elias, Anne Frank’s childhood playmate, and hiswife, Gertrude.