It was an interesting experience to go through the hidden door behind the bookcase and to climb the steep steps into the rooms where they lived and hid.
Imagine staying hidden and quiet all day without a mobile device and the internet!
The little guide book calls it a ‘Museum with a Story’ and this sets it out against other museums that do not have the same emotional connection.
Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos from around the world. Feel free to join in the fun by creating your own Thursday Doors post each week and then sharing your link in the comments’ on Norm’s site, anytime between Thursday morning and Saturday noon (North American Eastern Time).
Have Bag, Will Travel 
wow, what a feeling that must have been
LikeLike
One of those ‘must visit’ places!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you for sharing this. I still vividly remember the feelings that came rushing to the surface (and spilled out of my eyes) when I visited the museum.
LikeLike
I am amazed how many stories there are of sheltered Jews and a lot did make it. There were lots of brave people at this time!
LikeLiked by 1 person
It always gives me hope in humanity to hear of such stories.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hard to imagine those hidden, secret lives, but visiting must have made it more real. That first photo is lovely. Is that a view the Franks might have enjoyed?
LikeLike
They might have done, it is a reflection in an Amsterdam canal!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I guessed as much, but I wasn’t sure if it was near the house.
LikeLike
It is difficult to imagine colour during such dark days.
LikeLiked by 1 person
You have brought up an interesting topic here.Thank you !!
LikeLike
I too have visited the Anne Frank Museum and it certainly has a chilling air to it.
LikeLike
I am amazed how many stories there are of sheltered Jews and a lot did make it. The Anne Frank story is just high profile.
LikeLiked by 1 person
That’s true Andrew.
LikeLike
It sends chills, doesn’t it? 🙂 🙂
LikeLike
I am amazed how many stories there are of sheltered Jews and a lot did make it. The Anne Frank story is just high profile.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Very brave of you. So sad that she nearly made it
LikeLike
I am amazed how many stories there are of sheltered Jews and a lot did make it. The Anne Frank story is just high profile.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Very topical at the moment. A welcome reminder of what we must never forget.
LikeLike
I thought that I would use it now in the same week as Holocaust Memorial Day.
LikeLike
A sad but timely reminder of the terrible cruelty we humans are sometimes capable of. We can and should be better than this – always.
It must be a somber and humbling place to visit. Thanks for sharing this.
LikeLike
It is, but there it also presents a prospect of hope!
LikeLike
I used to live just opposite the Anne Frank House for about a decade. What has often puzzled me when I walked passed the waiting line (that often stretched around the corner…still does by the way) how people abroad had heard about this story of one of so many. Guess it’s because of people like yourself keeping its flame alive.
LikeLike
There are many stories of help and hope, this one lives on through the diary and perhaps by the fact that they almost made it!
Thanks for adding your thoughts to the post.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Just reminds me, on the Dutch news a couple of evenings ago, there was a feature that actually ‘they’ have found many diairies of boys and girls of Anne’s age who had the same fate. There is something magical abouut Anne’s one. Must read it again, as my last time was in high school.
Anyways, thanks for sharing it.
Cheers
LikeLike
Thanks for adding information to the post.
LikeLike
I think I would take full advantage of the library, having them change up the books regularly. Beyond that, really hard to imagine, Andrew. –Curt
LikeLike
The visit helps to understand just a little.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I haven’t read that story for much too long. I visited there once in the mid-seventies. Sobering.
janet
LikeLike