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Anton Heinrich Springer

Anton Heinrich Springer wrote the five-volume 'Handbuch der Kunstgeschichte'. During the period in hiding, Anne Frank received this series for her fifteenth birthday.

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  • Anton Heinrich Springer

Anton Heinrich Springer (1825-1891) was a German art historian.[1] Hij wrote the five-volume Handbuch der Kunstgeschichte (Handbook on Art History). This series was present in the Secret Annex during the hiding period.[2] Anne wrote in her diary on 13 June 1944 that she received the five Springer books for her fifteenth birthday.[3] There are two copies of this Springer series in the Anne Frank Foundation's museum collection..[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ See: Wikipedia: Anton Heinrich Springer.
  2. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 6 January 1944, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  3. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 13 June 1944, in: The Colled Works.
  4. ^ Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Collectie, reg. code B_Achterhuis_VII_088 t/m 092.