AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, April 1 (UPI) -- The Anne Frank House in Amersterdam said research has led them to conclude Frank died earlier than previously believed in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Frank was believed to have died of typhus in March 1945 but after reviewing witness accounts and document archives, they believe she died in February as she and her sister Margot were nowhere to be seen after March 1.
Frank was remembered by an old classmate in the same camp.
"She was no more than a skeleton by then. She was wrapped in a blanket; she couldn't bear to wear her clothes anymore because they were crawling with lice," said Nanette Blitz.
Lice is a carrier of typhus and there was an epidemic in the camp. Another friend of Frank's said he remembered passing a package to her in early February but then could no longer come to receive them.
"One day they simply weren't there any more," said an occupant from the camp.
The trail running cold is a sign Anne and Margot died earlier than March.
"It is unlikely that they were still alive in March; their deaths must have occurred in February 1945," said the Anne Frank House.
Bergen-Belsen was liberated by British troops on August 15, 1945.
