Otto Frank

Otto Frank
Otto Frank (1961)
Born	Otto Heinrich Frank (1889-05-12)12 May 1889 Frankfurt am Main, German Empire
Died	19 August 1980(1980-08-19) (aged 91) Birsfelden, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
Cause of death	Lung cancer
Nationality	German,(rev) Swiss, Dutch
Occupation	Banker, spice merchant
Known for	father of Anne Frank; The Diary of a Young Girl
Spouse(s)	Edith Holländer (1925–1945; her death) Elfriede Geiringer (1953–1980; his death)
Children	Margot and Anne
Parent(s)	Michael Frank Alice Stern Frank

Otto Heinrich "Pim" Frank (12 May 1889 – 19 August 1980) was a German-born Swiss businessman. He was the father of Anne and Margot Frank. As the sole member of his family to survive the Holocaust, he inherited Anne's manuscripts after her death, arranged for the publication of her diary as The Diary of a Young Girl in 1947, and oversaw its transition to the stage and screen.

Otto Frank was born into a wealthy Jewish family. He was the second son of Alice Betty (née Stern) and Michael Frank. His elder brother was Robert Frank, and younger siblings were Herbert Frank and Helene (Leni) Frank. Otto was a cousin of the well known furniture designer Jean-Michel Frank, and a grandson of Zacharias Frank. He studied economics in Heidelberg from 1908 to 1909 and had a work experience placement at Macy's Department Store in New York City.

Frank served in the Imperial German Army during the First World War. He was called up for military service in August 1915 and after training at a depot in Mainz he served in an artillery unit on the Western Front in which most soldiers were mathematicians and surveyors. He was attached to the infantry as a range-finder at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and in 1917 he was promoted in the field to lieutenant and then served at the Battle of Cambrai.

He worked in the bank his family ran until it collapsed in the early 1930s. He married Edith Holländer - an heiress to a scrap-metal and industrial-supply business - on his birthday, 12 May 1925, in Frankfurt. Their elder daughter, Margot Frank (Margot Betti), was born on 16 February 1926, followed by their younger daughter Anne (Annelies Marie) on 12 June 1929. His wife Edith Hollander died of starvation in Auschwitz. His daughters, Margot and Anne would be transferred to Belsen Concentration Camp where Margot would die of Typhus just before the camp was liberated by the Allies. Anne would see the liberation but would die 3 days later from Typhus.