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24T79 Basel Birsfelden: Otto Frank at rest

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I travelled thousands of kilometres to reach the city of Basel in northwest Switzerland. Upon arrival, I went a little further to Birsfelden for a specific stop to say “hello” and “thank you”.

Otto Frank survived Auschwitz and learned soon after liberation that his wife and two daughters hadn’t survived. Otto made his way to Basel, remarried, and spent the remainder of his life telling his family’s story.

Birsfelden Friedhof (Birsfelden cemetery).
Grave plot number 61.
The names Otto and his 2nd wife, Elfriede appear at the front of the headstone, including a quote from Anne: “Dad is my everything.”
Additional names appear on the side of the headstone.
Otto’s 1st wife, Edith, and their 2 daughters, Margot and Anne, perished in the concentration camps.

I made all photos above with an iPhone15 on 25 Jul 2024. I received no support from an external organization. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.