Lives Intersected:
The Story of Three Girls
Projects
Amsterdam - Dot Map
Anne Frank, Hannah Goslar, and Irene Butter all lived in the same neighborhood in Amsterdam. This map shows where they lived and the dates they were deported by the Nazi regime.
Westerbork
Camp Westerbork was a transit camp in the northern part of the Netherlands. While Hannah and Irene were there at the same time, they lived there for over a year. Anne was only at Westerbork a short time because she was considered a prisioner and was sent to Auschwitz.
Auschwitz
Only at Auschwitz for a few months, Anne was shipped to the west as the Russian Army advanced towards the camp.
Bergen-Belsen
The girls were reunited again in Bergen-Belsen, though Anne was located in the Tent Camp on the other side of the barbed wire fence from Hannah and Irene.
Fates of Anne, Irene, and Hannah
Hannah was shipped on a train with no destination, after 13 days of travel she was liberated by the Russian army. Irene was traded for German POWs. Anne died of typhus in March of 1945 shortly before liberation.
Tripping Stones
Stolpersteine, or "stumbling stones," are small, 4x4 inch brass cubes created by artist Gunter Demnig to commemorate victims of the Nazi regime. Placed in sidewalks outside victims' last known homes. These are the stones for Anne and her family, Irene's Dad, and Hannah's Family