Fire destroys 'Anne Frank barracks'

A fire has destroyed a barracks in Holland where Anne Frank worked before her deportation to the Nazi concentration camp where she died during the Second World War, local officials said.

The fire overnight on Saturday" completely destroyed" the barracks at Westerbork, said Saskia Schaap, spokeswoman for the emergency services in nearby Groningen city.

During the war, Jews and Romas were kept there pending transfer to concentration camps.