Frieda spent her girlhood in the embrace of her extended family, living a few blocks from both sets of grandparents.
The oldest American to give birth to twins is Frieda Birnbaum, who had her two boys in 2007, at the age of 60.
That explains the calm that Anne Frank and Frieda Brommet enjoyed in 1941.
Frieda, who was four years older than Anne, had several boyfriends in her teens.
The Franks took an apartment on the Merwedeplein, right around the corner from Frieda Brommet.
Jean, Frieda and Olive ran out in the yard to meet the cavalcade.
Frieda Keller, born in 1879, was the daughter of honest parents.
"Girls feel the same way," Frieda felt compelled to answer honestly.
Frieda, who was fond of her mother, knew nothing of this history.
While she was talking Frieda had followed her hostess back into her kitchen—the room in which she really lived and had her being.
