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Buddy Elias (June 2, 1925 – March 16, 2015) was a German-born Swiss actor and president of the Anne Frank Fonds, the foundation dedicated to preserving the memory of his cousin Anne Frank.
Bernhard Paul “Buddy” Elias was born in Frankfurt in Germany (in Weimar Republic period) on 2 June 1925. His mother, Helene “Leni” Frank, was Otto Frank’s youngest sister, Edith Frank’s sister-in-law, and Anne Frank and Margot Frank’s paternal aunt. His father, Erich Elias, became head of the Basel-based Opekta company in 1929 and Bernhard moved there in 1931 with his mother and brother Stephan. Two years later his maternal grandmother Alice Frank joined them. Otto Frank visited his relatives in Basel on a regular basis, often with his daughters Anne and Margot. They also met in Sils Maria, where another relative lived. Buddy had a good relationship with Margot and in particular with Anne Frank, who was four years younger than him and like Buddy loved ice-skating.
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