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30 Eye-Opening Facts About the Life and Tragic Death of Anne Frank

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19. Anne’s Mother Starved To Death

Edith Frank, Anne’s Mother. AnneFrank.org.

Sent together to Auschwitz, Edith, Margot and Anne Frank were given extremely meager rations alongside the other prisoners. While Anne was outgoing and charming enough to gather extra rations for her family occasionally, Edith often refused to eat to make sure her daughters had enough food. When Margot and Anne were sent on to Bergen-Belsen, Edith was already weak from hunger and was left at Auschwitz. She died from starvation not long after her daughters transferred.

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