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Friedrich Schiller

Schiller was a German writer whose tragedies Anne Frank read in the Secret Annex.

Person

  • Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
  • Born on: Nov. 10, 1759
  • Born in: Marbach am Neckar, Duitsland
  • Died on: May 9, 1805
  • Died in: Weimar, Duitsland

Schiller (1759-1805) was a German playwright, philosopher and poet. His works included the historical tragedy 'Don Carlos',[1] from which Otto read to Anne during the period in hiding.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Zie http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_von_Schiller (geraadpleegd april 2014).
  2. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version B, 29 October 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.