"In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" is a song by American indie rock group Neutral Milk Hotel, from their second and final studio album of the same name, released through Merge Records. The track was reco
The song, and by extension the album it's from, both references and is inspired by the story of Anne Frank (pictured). Lead singer Jeff Mangum had read her diary before the album's recording.
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Annelies Marie Frank was a German-born Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim. She gained worldwide notability posthumously for keeping a diary documenting her life in hiding during the German occupation
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (song)
…Mangum suddenly announced, "I got a song in my head!" and ran inside the house to play the song for the first time. The song makes a brief reference to Anne Frank, who is alluded to throughout the album. It is about a young man who realizes that one day he is going to die, and accepts the idea. "In the Aeroplane…
Frank in May 1942, two months before she and her family went into hiding
Frank at the 6th Montessori School (1940)
1929: Anne's birthplace, the Hospital Maingau of the Red Cross in Frankfurt-Nordend, Germany
1929-1931: Stele in front of Anne's home at Marbachweg 307 in Frankfurt-Dornbusch, Germany