Máxima commemorated one of her nation's most tragic stories, visiting a New York show that recreates the annex where the Frank family hid from Nazis.

The queen honored one of her nation's most tragic stories, visiting a New York show that recreates the annex where Anne Frank hid from the Nazis.

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Miep Gies opened the “secret annex” in her employer’s office building where Nazis had just arrested her boss, Otto Frank, who was hiding there with his family — wife Edith and daughters Margot and Anne.

Anne Frank the Exhibition, which honors Anne’s story and Jewish history at large at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan, was visited by Her Majesty