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Bernhard Paul "Buddy" Elias (2 June 1925 – 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. Biography [ edit ]
Mar 19, 2015 · Buddy Elias, the closest living relative of Anne Frank and an ardent guardian of her legacy, died on March 16 at his home in Basel, Switzerland — a house whose attic yielded a cache of...
Mar 18, 2015 · Buddy Elias was a Swiss actor and the chairman of the Anne Frank Fonds, which manages the copyright of Anne Frank's diary. He devoted himself to preserving the memory of Anne Frank and fighting antisemitism and discrimination.
Jun 25, 2012 · Anne died in the Belsen death camp in 1945, but her cousin Buddy Elias still has vivid memories of his childhood playmate. Sixty-five years have passed, but Buddy Elias cannot forget the first...
Mar 18, 2015 · Buddy Elias, a professional actor and clown who devoted much of life to leading the Basel-based foundation that bears the name of his younger cousin Anne Frank, has died aged...
Jun 26, 2022 · Buddy Elias was a Swiss actor and the first cousin of Anne Frank, the teenage diarist who died in a Nazi concentration camp. He fought for 40 years to promote her message of peace and tolerance, and shared his memories with young people in Geneva.
Mr Elias died peacefully in Basel, Switzerland, the Anne Frank Fonds Foundation announced on Tuesday. As president of the charity he was a lifelong protector of his young diarist...
