Otto Frank 1974 Typed Letter Signed – Concerning Peace Between “Israel And Its Arab Neighbours”

Father (1889–1980) of Jewish World War II diarist Anne Frank, and the only member of his family to survive the concentration camps.

Historically significant typed letter signed (TLS) “Otto Frank”, one page, 5.75×8.25, March 7, 1974, in English, Birsfelden, Germany, with great content, in full:

Just a few lines to thank you for your last letter. I also got your X-mas card in time, but you will understand that I cannot answer all the greetings I receive around this time, as there are several hundreds.

I was glad to hear that you still remember with emotion your visit in Amsterdam and that you got inspiration at the Anne Frank House.

Luckily I am feeling fine and my wife and I are planing (sic) a trip to Israel in April. We are feeling very close to this country and hope that finally a durable peace will be established between Israel and its Arab neighbours though it will still take some time until a compromise is reached.

Winter has been very mild here this year and in our garden spring-flowers are already blossoming.

Keep well. I am sending you many kind regards.

The German Jewish family of Otto Frank moved to Holland and hid from the Germans in an Amsterdam House from 1942-1944. His daughter Anne, born in 1929, was sent to a concentration camp where she died of typhus in 1945. Her diary, in which she wrote of her hopes and fears, was published in 1947.

Letters of Otto Frank in which he mentions his daughter and the house in Amsterdam are extremely desirable. He also adds that he is feeling close to Israel, which was established as a Jewish homeland after World War II.