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

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6. The Frank Sisters Were Buried In An Unknown Mass Grave

A site of Holocaust mass graves. AJC Berlin.

As was extremely common at the time, Anne and her sister were both buried in an unmarked mass grave. Eastern Europe is covered in such mass graves that were dug to accommodate the millions killed in the concentration camps. Given the extremely high death rate of the 1945 Typhus epidemic, there were likely hastily dug mass graves near the camp. However, the exact location of their mass grave has never been determined.

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