Aachen-Mitte , North Rhine-Wetphalia, Germany — Central Europe
Anne Frank
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, October 22, 2023
1. Anne Frank stolperstein
Anne Frank
Jg. 1929
Flucht 1934 Holland
Interniert Westerbork
Deportiert 1944
Bergen-Belsen
Ermordet mδrz 1945
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World II • Women. In addition, it is included in the Stolpersteine series list. A significant historical month for this entry is March 1945.
Location. 50° 46.289′ N, 6° 6.199′ E. Memorial is in Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Wetphalia). It is in Aachen-Mitte. It is at the intersection of Pastorplatz and Luisenstraίe, on the right when traveling west on Pastorplatz. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Pastorplatz 1, Aachen HE 52070, Germany. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, Central Europe, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Margot Frank (here, next to this marker); Edith Frank (here, next to this marker); Franz Oppenhoff (about 240 meters away, measured in a direct line); Nazi-Recht / Nazi Law
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1. Anne Frank (Wikipedia). Overview:
Annelies Marie Frank[a] (12 June 1929 c. February or March 1945) was a German-born Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim. She gained worldwide fame posthumously for keeping a diary documenting her life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands. In the diary, she regularly described her family's everyday life in their hiding place in an Amsterdam attic from 1942 until their arrest in 1944.(Submitted on December 21, 2025.)
Following their arrest, the Franks were transported to concentration camps. On 1 November 1944, Anne Frank and her sister, Margot were transferred from Auschwitz to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they died (presumably of typhus) a few months later. The Red Cross estimatedthat they died in March 1945, with Dutch authorities setting 31 March as the official date. Later research has alternatively suggested that they may have died in February or early March.Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, October 22, 20232. Anne Frank stolpersteinView of that for Anne Frank, along with those for her mother and sister.
Otto Frank, the only Holocaust survivor in the family, returned to Amsterdam after World War II to find that Anne's diary had been saved by his secretaries, Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl. Moved by his daughter's repeated wishes to be an author, Otto Frank published her diary in 1947. It was translated from its original Dutch version and first published in English in 1952 as The Diary of a Young Girl (originally Het Achterhuis in Dutch, lit. 'the back house'; English: The Secret Annex) and has since been translated into over 70 languages. With the publication of The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne became one of the most-discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. One of the world's best-known books, it is the basis for several plays and films.
2. Anne Frank's stay in Aachen (Europe Remembers). (Submitted on December 21, 2025.)
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, October 22, 2023
3. Anne Frank stolperstein - wide view
The stolperstein for Anne Frank and those for her mother and sister are visible here in front of and slightly to the right of the building entrance.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, October 22, 2023
4. Anne Frank former residence
Anne, her sister Margot, and her mother Edith lived in Aachen with Ediths mother here in this building. They also lived in another building in Aachen with their grandmother on Monheimsallee (about 1 km. north of here), but sources are unclear as to when they moved from that site to this one. Anne left to live with her father in Amsterdam in February, 1934.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, October 22, 2023
5. Anne Frank mural (2022, by Lazy65, aka Matthes Straetmans)
Directly across Pastorplatz is a mural of Anne Frank.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 21, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 86 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 21, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
