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Anne Frank separated from Moortje

When Anne went into hiding on 6 July 1942, her cat Moortje had to stay behind.

Event

July 6, 1942

52.345283 N 4.900967 E

Merwedeplein 37-II

Amsterdam

In the Secret Annex, Anne thought about Moortje often. "There's always a tiny black cat roaming around the yard and it reminds me of my dear sweet Moortje."[1] But in her hiding place, Anne would meet four other cats in the more than two years she spent there.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 30 September 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.