In 1933 she began working for Otto Frank, a businessman who had moved with his family from Germany to the Netherlands in hopes of sparing his family from Nazi persecution because they were Jewish.
Tahun 1933 ia mulai bekerja untuk Otto Frank, seorang pengusaha yang bersama keluarganya pindah dari Jerman ke Belanda dengan harapan dapat menyelamatkan keluarganya dari penyiksaan Nazi karena mereka Yahudi.