Laatste Zeven Maanden van Anne Frank (TV documentary)
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Laaste Zeven Maanden van Anne Frank (English title: The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank) is a 1988 Dutch
television documentary directed by Willy Lindwer
about the last seven months of diarist Anne Frank
. Seven different women, who were fellow prisoners of Anne Frank in the Westerbork, Auschwitz
, and Bergen-Belsen
concentration camps, gave interviews about the last months of Anne in this documentary. Among them are Hanneli Goslar
, Anne's childhood friend and fellow prisoner in Bergen-Belsen, and Janny Brandes-Brilleslijper
, Anne's fellow prisoner all three of the camps, both of whom are believed to be among the last known people to have seen Anne alive. Lindwer also published a companion book of the same name.
The documentary won an International Emmy Award
.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
television documentary directed by Willy Lindwer
Willy Lindwer
Wolf "Willy" Lindwer is a Dutch documentary filmmaker.-Biography:Willy Lindwer was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy. When Lindwer finished his study, he worked for several Dutch Public TV stations...
about the last seven months of diarist Anne Frank
Anne Frank
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank is one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films.Born in the city of Frankfurt...
. Seven different women, who were fellow prisoners of Anne Frank in the Westerbork, Auschwitz
Auschwitz concentration camp
Concentration camp Auschwitz was a network of Nazi concentration and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II...
, and Bergen-Belsen
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Bergen-Belsen was a Nazi concentration camp in Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle...
concentration camps, gave interviews about the last months of Anne in this documentary. Among them are Hanneli Goslar
Hanneli Goslar
Hannah 'Hanneli' Elisabeth Goslar is best known for her friendship with diarist Anne Frank. Both Hannah and Anne attended the Sixth Public Montessori School in Amsterdam and then the Jewish Lyceum....
, Anne's childhood friend and fellow prisoner in Bergen-Belsen, and Janny Brandes-Brilleslijper
Janny Brandes-Brilleslijper
Janny Brandes-Brilleslijper was the person who informed Otto Frank about the deaths of Anne Frank and Margot Frank. Janny and her sister Lientje were in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp with Anne and Margot.-Life:...
, Anne's fellow prisoner all three of the camps, both of whom are believed to be among the last known people to have seen Anne alive. Lindwer also published a companion book of the same name.
The documentary won an International Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
.