During the Holocaust, many Jews survived in hiding to escape the harsh fate and realities that otherwise awaited the oppressed. The diary of a young girl allows readers to witness and experience a small glimpse of what the Jews in hiding suffered during the Holocaust. Some may have lost their lives, but Otto Frank, Anne Frank's father, survived the Holocaust by hiding. The secret building became the refuge for Otto Frank, his family and many other Jews starting on July 6, 1942 (www.annefrank.org). The annex provided a barrier from the Nazis and death camps for two years before the Gestapo discovered the Franks and others and sent the Jews to concentration camps for the remainder of the Holocaust (www.ushmm.org). The others who were hiding with Frank lost their lives, leaving Otto Frank the only survivor of the secret annex. His time in hiding saved his life, making him a Holocaust survivor (www.ushmm.org). Otto Frank, born on May 12, 1889 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, belonged to a liberal Jewish family with three brothers ( www.biography.com). He studied art history and economics at Heidelberg University, eventually leading him to work in a bank and then to accept an internship position at Macy's department store in Manhattan. His father's death prevented him from gaining the entrepreneurial experience he initially wanted, but young Otto Frank decided to continue his business (www.biography.com). In 1911, Otto Frank left America for his home in Germany and, finally, in 1914, he was drafted into the German Army on the Western Front and earned the rank of lieutenant (www.annefrank.org). Once the war was over, Frank took over the family bank, married his first wife...... middle of paper ......ble for publishing the diary and sharing his daughter's opinions (www.ushmm .org). Frank helped make his daughter's story one of the most popular books in the world, as well as opening the Anne Frank House. Otto Frank married Elfriede (Fritzi) Markovits in 1953 and lived with her the rest of his life in Switzerland. Frank took his last breath on August 19, 1980 in Basel, Switzerland (www.biography.com). Otto Frank faced many difficulties, but fought to overcome them and ultimately survived the Holocaust. The cost of losing his family hit him hard, his strength breaking when he mentioned the horrors of the Holocaust. In an interview before his death, Frank explains: "I can no longer talk about how I felt when my family arrived on the train platform at Auschwitz and we were forcibly separated from each other." (www.annefrankguide.net).