Jacqueline van Maarsen, Anne Frank’s best friend, dies at 96. Story by Ben Sales • 4d. Sign up for Forwarding the News, the ...

Jacqueline van Maarsen, 12, had just finished her first day at a new school in Amsterdam, the Jewish Lycee, which she had been ordered to attend by the occupyi. Skip to content. Close.

Jacqueline van Maarsen will never forget the sight of Anne Frank's shoes, left on the floor in front of her bed. The Franks had vanished, and the normally tidy home was in disarray.

Jacqueline van Maarsen, who has died aged 96, led an unobtrusive life as an Amsterdam bookbinder until the late 1980s, when she owned up to being the “best girlfriend” referred to in The Diary ...

Jacqueline van Maarsen smiles as she examines the first memorial brick in the Names Monument of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Sept. 23. (Holocaust Names Monument Netherlands/Courtesy) ...

On Friday, the Anne Frank House announced that van Maarsen had died on Feb. 13, at age 96. “Jacqueline was a classmate of Anne Frank at the Jewish Lyceum and shared her memories of their ...

Remembering Jacqueline van Maarsen. On Friday, the Anne Frank House announced that van Maarsen had died on Feb. 13, at age 96.

Jacqueline van Maarsen smiles as she examines the 1st memorial brick in the Names MonumentCourtesy of Holocaust Names Monument Netherlands On June 15, 1942, days after receiving a diary for her ...

Jacqueline Sanders-Van Maarsen, the Dutch author and cherished friend of Anne Frank, passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2025, at the age of 96. The Anne Frank House in Amsterdam announced her ...