Anne Frank's last days helping others

After her discovery hiding in the attic of an Amsterdam house Anne was taken to Bergen Belsen.

That Anne had a gift for storytelling was evident from the diary she kept during two years in hiding with her family in Amsterdam. The scattered pages were collected and published after the war in what became the most widely read book to emerge from the Holocaust.

But the new account by fellow inmate Berthe Meijer, now 71, being published in Dutch later this month, is the first to mention Anne's talent for spinning tales even in the despair of the camp.

The memoir deals with Ms Meijer's acquaintance with Anne Frank in only a few pages, but she said she titled it Life After Anne Frank because it continues the tale of Holocaust victims where the famous diary leaves off.

"The dividing line is where the diary of Anne Frank ends. Because then you fall into a big black hole," she said.