Bernhard Paul "Buddy" Elias (2 June 1925 â€" 16 March 2015) was a
Swiss actor and president of the Anne Frank Fonds, the foundation
dedicated to preserving the memory of his cousin Anne Frank. Nature
Cat Real Ciccio Frittata! Death IllustratorElias was born in Frankfurt
am Main in Germany in 1925. His mother Helene (Leni) was Otto
Frank’s youngest sister and Anne’s aunt. His father, Erich Elias,
became head of the Basel-based Opekta company in 1929 and Bernhard
moved there in 1931.In 1947 he joined Holiday on Ice and was with them
for over ten years and later acted on stage in Switzerland, Great
Britain, France, and Germany. In the mid-1970s, he appeared
increasingly in film and television, mainly in Holocaust-themed
productions. His mother was Helene Frank, Anne Frank's paternal
aunt.Elias was the first cousin and last-surviving close relative of
Holocaust diarist Anne Frank, who died in the Bergen-Belsen
concentration camp in February or March 1945. The Anne Frank Fonds is
responsible for the rights of Franks' Diary of a Young Girl, which
until his death in 1980 had been headed by her father, Otto Frank. As
president of the Fonds, Buddy Elias decided to bring together the
estates of the Frank-Elias family in the Jewish Museum Frankfurt.
Swiss actor and president of the Anne Frank Fonds, the foundation
dedicated to preserving the memory of his cousin Anne Frank. Nature
Cat Real Ciccio Frittata! Death IllustratorElias was born in Frankfurt
am Main in Germany in 1925. His mother Helene (Leni) was Otto
Frank’s youngest sister and Anne’s aunt. His father, Erich Elias,
became head of the Basel-based Opekta company in 1929 and Bernhard
moved there in 1931.In 1947 he joined Holiday on Ice and was with them
for over ten years and later acted on stage in Switzerland, Great
Britain, France, and Germany. In the mid-1970s, he appeared
increasingly in film and television, mainly in Holocaust-themed
productions. His mother was Helene Frank, Anne Frank's paternal
aunt.Elias was the first cousin and last-surviving close relative of
Holocaust diarist Anne Frank, who died in the Bergen-Belsen
concentration camp in February or March 1945. The Anne Frank Fonds is
responsible for the rights of Franks' Diary of a Young Girl, which
until his death in 1980 had been headed by her father, Otto Frank. As
president of the Fonds, Buddy Elias decided to bring together the
estates of the Frank-Elias family in the Jewish Museum Frankfurt.
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