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.
Frieda spent her girlhood in the embrace of her extended family, living a few blocks from both sets of grandparents.
That explains the calm that Anne Frank and Frieda Brommet enjoyed in 1941.
The oldest American to give birth to twins is Frieda Birnbaum, who had her two boys in 2007, at the age of 60.
Frieda Keller, born in 1879, was the daughter of honest parents.
Frieda, who was fond of her mother, knew nothing of this history.
But Frieda, listening to Classical Music, could not respond.
Before we had been two years in America, my sister Frieda was engaged to be married.
He had a sense of humor, and he was going to marry our Frieda.
