dramatizations of the book. Anne's portrayal of her mother was countered by the memories of those who had known her as a modest, distant woman who tried to treat her adolescent children as her equals. In 1999, the discovery of previously unknown pages excised by Otto showed that Anne had discerned that, although Edith very much loved Otto, Otto – though very devoted to Edith – was not in love with her; and that this understanding was leading Anne to develop a new sense of empathy for her mother's situation. By the time Edith and her daughters were in Auschwitz, Bloeme Evers-Emden, an Auschwitz survivor interviewed by Willy Lindwer in The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank (p. 129), observed that "they were always together, mother and daughters. It is certain that they gave each other a great deal of support. All the things a teenager might think of her mother were no longer of any significance." After their arrest and transfer to camp Westerbork the relationship between Anne and her mother improved as can be seen from a letter sent by Otto Frank to his cousin Milly on 16 November 1945: In 1968, Otto Frank wrote in his `memoirs to Anne' about his wife: she truly was an excellent mother, who put her children above all else. References Further reading The Diary of Anne Frank: The Revised Critical Edition, Anne Frank, edited by Harry Paape, David Barnouw and Gerrold Van der Stroom (Netherlands Institute for War Documentation, NIOD), translated by Arnold J. Pomerans, compiled by H. J. J. Hardy, second edition, Doubleday, 2003. Anne Frank Remembered, Miep Gies with Alison Leslie Gold, Simon & Schuster, 1988. Roses from the Earth: the Biography of Anne Frank, Carol Ann Lee, Penguin, 1999. Anne Frank: the Biography, Melissa Müller, afterword by Miep Gies, Bloomsbury 1999. The Footsteps of Anne Frank, Ernst Schnabel, Pan, 1988. The Hidden Life of Otto Frank, Carol Ann Lee, Penguin, 2002. The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank, Willy Lindwer, Pantheon, 1991. External links Biography Edith Frank Short profile of Edith Frank Short quote by Miep Gies about Edith Frank in hiding Video: Edith Frank and the relationship with her daughters Margot and Anne Frank (Buddy Elias) 1900 births 1945 deaths German people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp Deaths by starvation Dutch Ashkenazi Jews Dutch people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany