'Anne's Diary' Anne Frank's Close Friend Peek Gosler Passes Away

Reunited at a Forced Labor Camp After Growing Up as Childhood Friends... Lifelong Advocate for Exposing Nazi Atrocities

Hana Peek Goslar, a close friend of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl famous for the book 'The Diary of Anne Frank,' has passed away at the age of 93.

The Anne Frank Foundation in Amsterdam, Netherlands, announced on the 28th (local time) in a statement the news of the passing of Peek Goslar, who was mentioned as Anne's "closest friend" in Anne's diary. However, the date and cause of death were not disclosed.

Born in 1928, Peek Goslar fled from Germany to Amsterdam after the Nazi regime came to power in 1933, escaping persecution. She lived in the house in front of the Frank family and formed a bond with Anne. Being one year older than Anne, she attended kindergarten and school with her. In the June 14, 1942 entry of 'The Diary of Anne Frank,' Anne affectionately called her "Hanneli," revealing their close friendship.

However, in 1940, Germany invaded neutral Netherlands, and in 1942, when the Frank family hid in the attic to escape the Holocaust, the two were separated. As the indefinite period of seclusion continued, Anne expressed her longing for her friends through her diary.

The two reunited in February 1945 at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. This happened after Anne, who was arrested in 1944 due to someone's betrayal, was transferred from Auschwitz to Bergen-Belsen. Although imprisoned in different sections, they occasionally saw each other across the fence.

There, their lives diverged. Anne died in March of the same year from typhus, while Peek Goslar was liberated from Nazi Germany by the Allied forces a month later. Afterwards, she emigrated to Israel in 1947 and became a nurse.

The Anne Frank Foundation stated that although Peek Goslar found it difficult to recall the painful past, she dedicated her life to raising awareness of the atrocities committed by the Nazis.

The story of Anne and Peek Goslar was novelized in 1997 by American author Allison Leslie Gold. Last year, this novel was adapted into a film titled 'My Friend Anne Frank' and released.

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