Personal items of Anne Frank's family expected to fetch up to $30,000 at auction

Letter written by Anne Frank's father appealing for help during Holocaust to be one of hundreds of items associated with the family to be put up for auction.

By Ofer Aderet | 01:37 16.08.12 |

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A letter written by Anne Frank's father appealing for help in getting his family out of Nazi-occupied Holland will be one of hundreds of items associated with the Frank family that will be put up for auction this fall.

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Personal items of Anne Frank's family expected to fetch up to $30,000 at auction

Letter written by Anne Frank's father appealing for help during Holocaust to be one of hundreds of items associated with the family to be put up for auction.

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