The Franks, the Van Daan( or Van Pels), and Mr. Dussel stayed in the "Secret Annexe" over two years before they were found and arrested by the Germans and transported to concentration camps. "It was around ten-thirty. I was upstairs with the Van Daans in Peter's room and I was helping him with his schoolwork. I was showing him the mistake in the dictation when suddenly someone came running up the stairs. The stairs were squeaking, I stood up, because it was still early in the morning and everyone was supposed to be quiet - then the door opened and a man was standing right in front of us with a gun in his hand and it was pointed at us." -Otto Frank
Friday, August 4, 1944, was a day like any other day. The helpers were working in the office in the front part of the building. Upstairs, the people in hiding were quietly going about their business. Suddenly, out front on the Prinsengracht, a vehicle came to a halt. Out jumped an SS-officer and three Dutch policemen. They entered the building and went directly to the office. Victor Kugler had to escort them to the Secret Annex. The people in hiding had been betrayed...
The people who where working down stairs heard them and told the Nazi police. That is how they got caught
A secret Annex is a secret hiding place -EXAMPLE (WHEN ANNE FRANK WAS IN HIDING HER FAMILY LIVED IN A ANNEX)
the secret annex
Yes, she did.
Anne Frank called her hiding place the secret Annex.
In the year 1944, the 'people in the secret annex' went into hiding in 1942 and were discovered by Nazi soldiers in 1944...
inside the secret annex(theyre hiding place)
Anne Frank and the others hiding in the secret annexe were seized on 4 August 1944.
It was on Sunday, July 5th, 1942 when Anne was notified by her father that she would be hiding out in the Secret Annex. Once she got there, it was on Wednesday, July 8th, 1942.
Anne frank and her family went into hiding in the secret annex
Mr. Dussel arrived at the Secret Annex in November 1942, joining the Frank family and the other occupants who were already in hiding.
Anne Frank's hiding place was connected to a business office in Amsterdam that was operated by her father, Otto Frank. The hiding place was located behind a movable bookcase that concealed the entrance to the Secret Annex where Anne and her family lived in hiding during World War II.
They were discovered on 4 August 1944 after hiding in the secret annex for 2 years and 29 days.