This is the same situation the Frank family faced when Margot received a call up notice in 1942. The Franks were suprised and appaled that a young girl would be called to report to Westerbork alone. They planned to go into hiding, but not until later in the summer. But everything got pushed up to early July. The Franks had to vanish into thin air.
Going into hiding wasn' easy. You needed to find someone reliable, kind, and willing to put themselves at risk, because usually the fate of hiding a Jew was the same fate a Jew faced, the concentration camp or prison. Also, it wasn't free. Many Jewish families paid lots of money to others to hide them, to provide them food. The Franks were fortunate enough to have a grooup of good friends who risked everything to help them, and who took no payment. Here is a bit about these heros and the others whohid with the Frank family.
Miep and Jan Gies: Miep worked with Otto Frank as a secretary since he started his business in 1933. Miep and her husband Jan (married in 1942) were also close friends of both the Franks and the van Pels. In fact it was Jan who gave his name to the dissolved business of Otto's making it a Aryan business in 1941-1942. Miep and Jan helped without hesitation and helped to provide the families with food, clothing, medicine and other necessities while they were in hiding. They also provided entertainment, presents for birthdays, and other luxuries for the families. It was also Miep who gathered Anne's diary shortly after the arrest and locked it up until after the war.
Johannes Kleinmann and Viktor Kugler: These two men took over the business after it was Aryanized, but worked with Otto and Hermann van Pels before the war. Johannes and Viktor also aided in obtaining food for the families. It was also their idea to hide the door to the Annex with a moving bookcase. Both men were arrested with the families in 1944. Johannes was released for medical reasons and Viktor was placed in a work camp and escaped with a few prisoners shortly afterwards.
Elisabeth (Bep) Voskuijl: Bep was a typist in the office who helped bring food, gifts, and company to the families in hiding. Bep spent time talking with Anne and the other women of the Annex. Bep often ate lunch and even spent the night with the families. Her father Johannes also helped with the families.
Hermann, Auguste and Peter van Pels: the van Pels family emmigrated to Amsterdamm from Onasbruk, Germany in 1938. Mr. van Pels joined Otto's business (Otto made and sold spices, jams, and other goods), using his distinct talent for making good spices and treating meat with them. The van Pels' moved into the Annex about two weeks after the Franks in 1942. Peter, their teenage son, developed a romantic relationship with Anne while they hid in the Annex. The van Pels were arrested in 1944 along with the Franks and was sent to Westerbork and then to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Hermann was sent to the gas chambers only weeks after arriving. Auguste landed with Margot and Anne in Bergen-Belsen, but died in the Thriesestat Camp in 1945. Peter van Pels joined the march from Aushwitz in 1945 and died in the Mathausen camp in 1945.
Fritz Pfeffer: Dr. Pfeffer was a dentist and mutual friend of the van Pels and Frank families. He came to live in the Annex in November of 1942, becoming Anne's roomante. Fritz and a girlfriend, Charlotte who was a Christian women, who he corresponded with in hiding (Otto Frank arranged for them to be married post-humurously). Dr. Pfeffer was with the Franks after the arrest in 1944. Dr. Pfeffer died in the Neuengamme camp in December of 1944.