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"description": "<p>Below are some sources that say something about Otto Frank's relationship with his daughter Margot. Note that what we know of this rapport is strongly coloured by the comparisons with Anne.</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Following family tradition, Otto Frank wrote a poem for Margot's 16th birthday on <strong>16 February 1941 </strong>in which he characterised her as a<em> "modest girl"</em>, but also as a<em> "real teenage girl"</em> and<em> "fond of babies"</em>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"yijg4\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>He indicated the difference between his daughters in the letter Anne received from him on <strong>11 May 1939</strong>:<em> 'Ja einfach wie mit Deinen Schwesterchen geht es nicht immer, wenn auch im allgemeinen Dein lustiger Sinn, Dein liebenswürdiges Wesen Dich spielerisch über vieles hinwegtänzeln lassen.'</em></li>\r\n\t<li>An entry in Anne's diary shows that Otto also wrote a letter to Margot, but it was lost. The letter itself is dated <strong>5 May 1942</strong>, Otto Frank's fiftieth birthday, as well as his fourteenth wedding anniversary.<sup data-footnote-id=\"0onzn\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>According to Anne's diary, Otto participated in the Latin course Margot took while in hiding.<sup data-footnote-id=\"l4obn\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>After his return from Auschwitz, he tried in every possible way to get information about the fate of his daughters. He kept checking Red Cross lists and made enquiries everywhere.<sup data-footnote-id=\"s5w7w\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>On <strong>18 July 1945</strong>, he came into contact with Lientje Brilleslijper through Isa Cauvern, who informed him of the death of his daughters in Bergen Belsen.<sup data-footnote-id=\"appwt\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>On <strong>19 July 1945</strong>, he informed his mother of<em> 'den fürchtbaren Nachricht'</em> by postcard.<sup data-footnote-id=\"63cz2\"><a href=\"#footnote-6\" id=\"footnote-marker-6-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[6]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>He placed an appeal requesting information on Margot and Ann in <em>Het Vrije Volk</em> of <strong>1 August 1945</strong>:<em> 'In Jan. on transp. from Bergen-Belsen</em>.'<sup data-footnote-id=\"u0e1d\"><a href=\"#footnote-7\" id=\"footnote-marker-7-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[7]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>On behalf of Otto Frank, Johannes Kleiman asked the Red Cross for death certificates for Margot and Anne. This was followed on <strong>7 May 1954 </strong>by a request that the certificates received be published in the <em>Nederlandsche Staatscourant</em> as soon as possible, as this was necessary for the preparation of an inheritance certificate.<sup data-footnote-id=\"sa3yc\"><a href=\"#footnote-8\" id=\"footnote-marker-8-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[8]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>Otto Frank regularly expressed himself in letters regarding the loss of his children.<sup data-footnote-id=\"74rhs\"><a href=\"#footnote-9\" id=\"footnote-marker-9-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[9]</a></sup> He tried to find out as much as possible about his children by seeking and maintaining contact with their former girlfriends, friends, classmates and teachers. In relation to Margot, these included: Jetteke Frijda, Barbara Ledermann, Anco Mali, Bella Kohlwey.<sup data-footnote-id=\"o1oxg\"><a href=\"#footnote-10\" id=\"footnote-marker-10-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[10]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>In a letter to Jetteke Frijda, Margot's classmate, Otto characterises Margot as understanding, very closed, not as vain as Anne, but smarter and more balanced, shy and reserved.<sup data-footnote-id=\"76w9a\"><a href=\"#footnote-11\" id=\"footnote-marker-11-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[11]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>On <strong>17 November 1966</strong>, Otto Frank filed an application for compensation: '<em> (...) aus Schaden im beruflichen Fortkomen (Ausbildungsschaden)' </em>for Margot, who had been unable to do her intended medical studies. He was awarded compensation of DM4,000.<sup data-footnote-id=\"wv3pt\"><a href=\"#footnote-12\" id=\"footnote-marker-12-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[12]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>Otto continued to note Margot's birthday in his diaries on <strong>16 February </strong>for the rest of his life. Usually with the pet name<em> 'Mutz'</em> meaning <em>little bear</em>, and sometimes with<em> 'M</em>.'<sup data-footnote-id=\"rhe0j\"><a href=\"#footnote-13\" id=\"footnote-marker-13-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[13]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>In <strong>1968</strong>, Otto Frank wrote that he felt<em> "besser verstand"</em> with Anne "<em>als mit Margot"</em>. According to him, Margot needed less support because she did not suffer as much from mood swings.<sup data-footnote-id=\"7vfsw\"><a href=\"#footnote-14\" id=\"footnote-marker-14-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[14]</a></sup></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<header>\r\n<h2>Footnotes</h2>\r\n</header>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"yijg4\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Margot schreef dit gedicht over in een brief aan haar grootmoeder in Bazel, 21 februari 1941. Familiearchief Anne Frank-Fonds (AFF), Bazel, Alice Frank, AFF_AlF_corr_018.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"0onzn\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 28 September 1942 (4th), in: <em>The Collected Works,</em> transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019. </cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"l4obn\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Anne Frank, Diary Version B, 11 November 1943, 16 May 1944, in: <em>The Collected Works</em>.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"s5w7w\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, Otto Frank Archief (OFA), reg.code OFA_071: Brief 7 juli 1945, Otto Frank aan Robert en Lotti Frank: 'I do all to find out more about it and I waver between hope and fear'between hope and fear'.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"appwt\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_071: Brief Otto Frank aan Robert en Lotti Frank, 26 juli 1945, AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_002: Agenda Otto Frank 1945.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"63cz2\" id=\"footnote-6\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-6-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Dit blijkt uit een kaart van Alice Stern van 4 augustus 1945. AFF, Alice Frank, AFF_AlF_corr_010. Op dat moment was er met Bazel alleen nog maar postkaartenverkeer mogelijk.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"u0e1d\" id=\"footnote-7\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-7-1\">^</a> </sup><cite><em>Het Vrije Volk</em>, Woensdag 1 augustus 1945.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"sa3yc\" id=\"footnote-8\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-8-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_069 (ongedateerd), 109.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"74rhs\" id=\"footnote-9\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-9-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_100: Otto Frank aan Jetteke Frijda, 16 december 1945 ('mijn streven was altijd met mijn kinderen te leven en te trachten hun te begrijpen en te helpen'); AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_085: Otto Frank aan Joseph Spronz, 13 juni 1947, als hij die gelukwenst met zijn huwelijk en de komende baby ('Ich lebe mit Freunden zusammen, so áusserlich geht es mir ordentlich, aber das eigentliche Leben ist doch vorbei. Ohne Kinder kein Leben!').</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"o1oxg\" id=\"footnote-10\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-10-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_085, 100, alsmede het Getuigenarchief.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"76w9a\" id=\"footnote-11\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-11-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_100: Brief aan Jetteke Frijda, 16 december 1945; AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_070: Bitte schreiben Sie mir etwas über Anne Frank.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"wv3pt\" id=\"footnote-12\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-12-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Op 22 januari 1968 maakte F. Fafflok DM 3.6000 (4.000 minus het honorarium van DM 400,– over op Otto Franks rekening 276485-1 bij de Schweizerischen Bankverein in Bazel. AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_069.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"rhe0j\" id=\"footnote-13\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-13-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_003 t/m 037. Agenda 1972 ontbreekt.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
"description_nl": "<p>Hieronder enkele bronnen die iets zeggen over Otto Frank in relatie tot zijn dochter Margot. Let wel: dat wat we weten van deze verstandhouding wordt sterk gekleurd door de vergelijkingen met Anne.</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Volgens familietraditie schreef Otto Frank een gedicht voor Margots 16e verjaardag op <strong>16 februari 1941 </strong>waarin hij haar karakteriseerde als een '<em>bescheiden meisje'</em>, maar ook als een '<em>echte bakvis'</em> en '<em>dol op baby's</em>.'<sup data-footnote-id=\"yijg4\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li> Hij duidde het verschil tussen zijn dochters aan in de brief die Anne op <strong>11 mei 1939</strong> van hem kreeg: '<em>Ja einfach wie mit Deinen Schwesterchen geht es nicht immer, wenn auch im allgemeinen Dein lustiger Sinn, Dein liebenswürdiges Wesen Dich spielerisch über vieles hinwegtänzeln lassen.'</em></li>\r\n\t<li>Uit een dagboeknotitie van Anne blijkt dat Otto ook een brief aan Margot heeft geschreven, maar dat deze verloren is gegaan. De brief zelf is gedateerd <strong>5 mei 1942</strong>, Otto Frank’s vijftigste verjaardag, alsook zijn veertiende huwelijksdag.<sup data-footnote-id=\"0onzn\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>Volgens Annes dagboek deed Otto mee met de cursus Latijn die Margot tijdens de onderduik volgde.<sup data-footnote-id=\"l4obn\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>Na zijn terugkeer uit Auschwitz probeerde hij op alle mogelijke manieren informatie over het lot van zijn dochters te krijgen. Hij hield de lijsten van het Rode Kruis bij en deed overal navraag.<sup data-footnote-id=\"s5w7w\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>Op <strong>18 juli 1945 </strong>kwam hij via Isa Cauvern in contact met Lientje Brilleslijper, die hem op de hoogte stelde van het overlijden van zijn dochters in Bergen Belsen.<sup data-footnote-id=\"appwt\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>Op <strong>19 juli 1945 </strong>bracht hij per briefkaart zijn moeder van '<em>den fürchtbaren Nachricht'</em> op de hoogte.<sup data-footnote-id=\"63cz2\"><a href=\"#footnote-6\" id=\"footnote-marker-6-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[6]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>In <em>Het Vrije Volk</em> van <strong>1 augustus 1945 </strong>vroeg hij via een oproep inlichtingen over Margot en Anne:<em> 'In Jan. op transp. vanuit Bergen-Belsen</em>.'<sup data-footnote-id=\"u0e1d\"><a href=\"#footnote-7\" id=\"footnote-marker-7-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[7]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>Namens Otto Frank verzocht Johannes Kleiman het Rode Kruis om overlijdensverklaringen van Margot en Anne. Op <strong>7 mei 1954 </strong>volgde het verzoek om de ontvangen verklaringen zo spoedig mogelijk in de <em>Nederlandsche Staatscourant</em> te publiceren omdat dit nodig was voor het opmaken van een erfrechtverklaring.<sup data-footnote-id=\"sa3yc\"><a href=\"#footnote-8\" id=\"footnote-marker-8-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[8]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>Over het verlies van zijn kinderen liet Otto Frank zich regelmatig uit in brieven.<sup data-footnote-id=\"74rhs\"><a href=\"#footnote-9\" id=\"footnote-marker-9-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[9]</a></sup> Hij probeerde zoveel mogelijk over zijn kinderen te weten te komen door contact te zoeken en te onderhouden met hun vroegere vriendinnen, vrienden, klasgenoten en leerkrachten. In relatie tot Margot waren dit bijvoorbeeld: Jetteke Frijda, Barbara Ledermann, Anco Mali, Bella Kohlwey.<sup data-footnote-id=\"o1oxg\"><a href=\"#footnote-10\" id=\"footnote-marker-10-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[10]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>In een brief aan Jetteke Frijda, klasgennoot van Margot, karakteriseertde Otto Margot als begripvol, erg gesloten, niet zo ijdel als Anne, maar knapper en evenwichtiger, verlegen en gereserveerd.<sup data-footnote-id=\"76w9a\"><a href=\"#footnote-11\" id=\"footnote-marker-11-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[11]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>Op <strong>17 november 1966 </strong>diende Otto Frank een verzoek in tot schadeloosstelling: '<em>(…) aus Schaden im beruflichen Fortkomen (Ausbildungsschaden)' </em>voor Margot, die haar voorgenomen medicijnenstudie niet had kunnen doen. Hij kreeg een schadeloosstelling van 4.000 DM toegekend.<sup data-footnote-id=\"wv3pt\"><a href=\"#footnote-12\" id=\"footnote-marker-12-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[12]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>Otto bleef gedurende de rest van zijn leven op <strong>16 februari </strong>de verjaardag van Margot optekenen in zijn agenda's. Meestal met de troetelnaam '<em>Mutz'</em> wat <em>beertje</em> betekent, en soms met '<em>M</em>.'<sup data-footnote-id=\"rhe0j\"><a href=\"#footnote-13\" id=\"footnote-marker-13-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[13]</a></sup> </li>\r\n\t<li>In <strong>1968</strong> schreef Otto Frank dat hij zich met Anne '<em>besser verstand</em> als <em>mit Margot'</em>. Margot had volgens hem minder steun nodig omdat ze niet zo aan stemmingswisselingen leed.<sup data-footnote-id=\"7vfsw\"><a href=\"#footnote-14\" id=\"footnote-marker-14-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[14]</a></sup></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<header>\r\n<h2>Footnotes</h2>\r\n</header>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"yijg4\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Margot schreef dit gedicht over in een brief aan haar grootmoeder in Bazel, 21 februari 1941. Familiearchief Anne Frank-Fonds (AFF), Bazel, Alice Frank, AFF_AlF_corr_018.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"0onzn\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Anne Frank, Dagboek A, 28 september 1942 (4e), in: <em>Verzameld werk,</em> Amsterdam: Prometheus, 2013. </cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"l4obn\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Anne Frank, Dagboek B, 11 november 1943, 16 mei 1944, in: <em>Verzameld werk</em>.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"s5w7w\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, Otto Frank Archief (OFA), reg.code OFA_071: Brief 7 juli 1945, Otto Frank aan Robert en Lotti Frank: 'I do all to find out more about it and I waver between hope and fear'between hope and fear'.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"appwt\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_071: Brief Otto Frank aan Robert en Lotti Frank, 26 juli 1945, AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_002: Agenda Otto Frank 1945.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"63cz2\" id=\"footnote-6\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-6-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Dit blijkt uit een kaart van Alice Stern van 4 augustus 1945. AFF, Alice Frank, AFF_AlF_corr_010. Op dat moment was er met Bazel alleen nog maar postkaartenverkeer mogelijk.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"u0e1d\" id=\"footnote-7\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-7-1\">^</a> </sup><cite><em>Het Vrije Volk</em>, Woensdag 1 augustus 1945.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"sa3yc\" id=\"footnote-8\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-8-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_069 (ongedateerd), 109.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"74rhs\" id=\"footnote-9\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-9-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_100: Otto Frank aan Jetteke Frijda, 16 december 1945 ('mijn streven was altijd met mijn kinderen te leven en te trachten hun te begrijpen en te helpen'); AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_085: Otto Frank aan Joseph Spronz, 13 juni 1947, als hij die gelukwenst met zijn huwelijk en de komende baby ('Ich lebe mit Freunden zusammen, so áusserlich geht es mir ordentlich, aber das eigentliche Leben ist doch vorbei. Ohne Kinder kein Leben!').</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"o1oxg\" id=\"footnote-10\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-10-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_085, 100, alsmede het Getuigenarchief.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"76w9a\" id=\"footnote-11\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-11-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_100: Brief aan Jetteke Frijda, 16 december 1945; AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_070: Bitte schreiben Sie mir etwas über Anne Frank.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"wv3pt\" id=\"footnote-12\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-12-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Op 22 januari 1968 maakte F. Fafflok DM 3.6000 (4.000 minus het honorarium van DM 400,– over op Otto Franks rekening 276485-1 bij de Schweizerischen Bankverein in Bazel. AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_069.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"rhe0j\" id=\"footnote-13\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-13-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_003 t/m 037. Agenda 1972 ontbreekt.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
"description_en": "<p>Below are some sources that say something about Otto Frank's relationship with his daughter Margot. Note that what we know of this rapport is strongly coloured by the comparisons with Anne.</p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Following family tradition, Otto Frank wrote a poem for Margot's 16th birthday on <strong>16 February 1941 </strong>in which he characterised her as a<em> "modest girl"</em>, but also as a<em> "real teenage girl"</em> and<em> "fond of babies"</em>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"yijg4\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>He indicated the difference between his daughters in the letter Anne received from him on <strong>11 May 1939</strong>:<em> 'Ja einfach wie mit Deinen Schwesterchen geht es nicht immer, wenn auch im allgemeinen Dein lustiger Sinn, Dein liebenswürdiges Wesen Dich spielerisch über vieles hinwegtänzeln lassen.'</em></li>\r\n\t<li>An entry in Anne's diary shows that Otto also wrote a letter to Margot, but it was lost. The letter itself is dated <strong>5 May 1942</strong>, Otto Frank's fiftieth birthday, as well as his fourteenth wedding anniversary.<sup data-footnote-id=\"0onzn\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>According to Anne's diary, Otto participated in the Latin course Margot took while in hiding.<sup data-footnote-id=\"l4obn\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>After his return from Auschwitz, he tried in every possible way to get information about the fate of his daughters. He kept checking Red Cross lists and made enquiries everywhere.<sup data-footnote-id=\"s5w7w\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>On <strong>18 July 1945</strong>, he came into contact with Lientje Brilleslijper through Isa Cauvern, who informed him of the death of his daughters in Bergen Belsen.<sup data-footnote-id=\"appwt\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>On <strong>19 July 1945</strong>, he informed his mother of<em> 'den fürchtbaren Nachricht'</em> by postcard.<sup data-footnote-id=\"63cz2\"><a href=\"#footnote-6\" id=\"footnote-marker-6-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[6]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>He placed an appeal requesting information on Margot and Ann in <em>Het Vrije Volk</em> of <strong>1 August 1945</strong>:<em> 'In Jan. on transp. from Bergen-Belsen</em>.'<sup data-footnote-id=\"u0e1d\"><a href=\"#footnote-7\" id=\"footnote-marker-7-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[7]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>On behalf of Otto Frank, Johannes Kleiman asked the Red Cross for death certificates for Margot and Anne. This was followed on <strong>7 May 1954 </strong>by a request that the certificates received be published in the <em>Nederlandsche Staatscourant</em> as soon as possible, as this was necessary for the preparation of an inheritance certificate.<sup data-footnote-id=\"sa3yc\"><a href=\"#footnote-8\" id=\"footnote-marker-8-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[8]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>Otto Frank regularly expressed himself in letters regarding the loss of his children.<sup data-footnote-id=\"74rhs\"><a href=\"#footnote-9\" id=\"footnote-marker-9-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[9]</a></sup> He tried to find out as much as possible about his children by seeking and maintaining contact with their former girlfriends, friends, classmates and teachers. In relation to Margot, these included: Jetteke Frijda, Barbara Ledermann, Anco Mali, Bella Kohlwey.<sup data-footnote-id=\"o1oxg\"><a href=\"#footnote-10\" id=\"footnote-marker-10-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[10]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>In a letter to Jetteke Frijda, Margot's classmate, Otto characterises Margot as understanding, very closed, not as vain as Anne, but smarter and more balanced, shy and reserved.<sup data-footnote-id=\"76w9a\"><a href=\"#footnote-11\" id=\"footnote-marker-11-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[11]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>On <strong>17 November 1966</strong>, Otto Frank filed an application for compensation: '<em> (...) aus Schaden im beruflichen Fortkomen (Ausbildungsschaden)' </em>for Margot, who had been unable to do her intended medical studies. He was awarded compensation of DM4,000.<sup data-footnote-id=\"wv3pt\"><a href=\"#footnote-12\" id=\"footnote-marker-12-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[12]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>Otto continued to note Margot's birthday in his diaries on <strong>16 February </strong>for the rest of his life. Usually with the pet name<em> 'Mutz'</em> meaning <em>little bear</em>, and sometimes with<em> 'M</em>.'<sup data-footnote-id=\"rhe0j\"><a href=\"#footnote-13\" id=\"footnote-marker-13-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[13]</a></sup></li>\r\n\t<li>In <strong>1968</strong>, Otto Frank wrote that he felt<em> "besser verstand"</em> with Anne "<em>als mit Margot"</em>. According to him, Margot needed less support because she did not suffer as much from mood swings.<sup data-footnote-id=\"7vfsw\"><a href=\"#footnote-14\" id=\"footnote-marker-14-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[14]</a></sup></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<header>\r\n<h2>Footnotes</h2>\r\n</header>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"yijg4\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Margot schreef dit gedicht over in een brief aan haar grootmoeder in Bazel, 21 februari 1941. Familiearchief Anne Frank-Fonds (AFF), Bazel, Alice Frank, AFF_AlF_corr_018.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"0onzn\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 28 September 1942 (4th), in: <em>The Collected Works,</em> transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019. </cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"l4obn\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Anne Frank, Diary Version B, 11 November 1943, 16 May 1944, in: <em>The Collected Works</em>.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"s5w7w\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, Otto Frank Archief (OFA), reg.code OFA_071: Brief 7 juli 1945, Otto Frank aan Robert en Lotti Frank: 'I do all to find out more about it and I waver between hope and fear'between hope and fear'.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"appwt\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_071: Brief Otto Frank aan Robert en Lotti Frank, 26 juli 1945, AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_002: Agenda Otto Frank 1945.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"63cz2\" id=\"footnote-6\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-6-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Dit blijkt uit een kaart van Alice Stern van 4 augustus 1945. AFF, Alice Frank, AFF_AlF_corr_010. Op dat moment was er met Bazel alleen nog maar postkaartenverkeer mogelijk.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"u0e1d\" id=\"footnote-7\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-7-1\">^</a> </sup><cite><em>Het Vrije Volk</em>, Woensdag 1 augustus 1945.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"sa3yc\" id=\"footnote-8\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-8-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_069 (ongedateerd), 109.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"74rhs\" id=\"footnote-9\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-9-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_100: Otto Frank aan Jetteke Frijda, 16 december 1945 ('mijn streven was altijd met mijn kinderen te leven en te trachten hun te begrijpen en te helpen'); AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_085: Otto Frank aan Joseph Spronz, 13 juni 1947, als hij die gelukwenst met zijn huwelijk en de komende baby ('Ich lebe mit Freunden zusammen, so áusserlich geht es mir ordentlich, aber das eigentliche Leben ist doch vorbei. Ohne Kinder kein Leben!').</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"o1oxg\" id=\"footnote-10\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-10-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_085, 100, alsmede het Getuigenarchief.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"76w9a\" id=\"footnote-11\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-11-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_100: Brief aan Jetteke Frijda, 16 december 1945; AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_070: Bitte schreiben Sie mir etwas über Anne Frank.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"wv3pt\" id=\"footnote-12\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-12-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Op 22 januari 1968 maakte F. Fafflok DM 3.6000 (4.000 minus het honorarium van DM 400,– over op Otto Franks rekening 276485-1 bij de Schweizerischen Bankverein in Bazel. AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_069.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"rhe0j\" id=\"footnote-13\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-13-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>AFS, AFC, reg. code OFA_003 t/m 037. Agenda 1972 ontbreekt.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
"summary": "Otto Frank's relationship with his daughter Margot.",
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