Anne Frank was a German-Jewish, World War II Holocaust victim whose diary, documenting her time hiding from the Nazis, has been read by and inspired millions from around the world.

Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1929 to Otto and Edith Frank. Her father was a lieutenant in the German army during World War I, and he later became a businessman in Germany and the Netherlands. Frank also had a sister named Margot who was three years older than her.

Fleeing Nazi persecution of Jews, the family moved to Amsterdam in 1934. The Nazis took control of the Netherlands in 1940, and in 1942 the family was forced to go into hiding in concealed rooms behind a bookcase in the building where Anne Frank's father worked.

The family was discovered and arrested by the Gestapo on 4 August 1944, and they were all sent to concentration camps. This is where, a few months later, in 1945, Anne Frank died at the age of just 16.

Otto, the only survivor of the Frank family, decided to fulfil Anne's greatest wish to become a writer and published her diary in 1947.

Anne Franks' The Diary of a Young Girl has been read by millions around the world, having been translated into over 70 languages since its initial publication in 1947. As a result, she is one of the best-known victims of the Holocaust and is symbolic as a figure against anti-semitism and prejudice.

Many films, TV shows and books have been inspired by her story over the years.

The Anne Frank House was established in 1960, and it serves as a memorial to Anne Frank and her bravery during a terrible time in history.

June 12, 1929

Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany.

1933

The Frank family moved to Amsterdam, Holland, when Hitler comes to power in Germany.

12 June, 1942

Anne received a diary for her thirteenth birthday.

6 July, 1942

The Frank family moved into the 'secret annex' joined by the van Daan family one week later.

4 August, 1944

The Franks were arrested, taken to a police station, then to Westerbork, a transit camp in Holland.

2 September, 1944

Anne and the others in the annex were sent to Auschwitz.

30 October, 1944

Anne and her sister, Margot, were moved to Bergen-Belsen.

27 January, 1945

Auschwitz was liberated. Otto Frank was the only survivor from the annex.

April 1945

Anne died of typhus in Bergen-Belsen.

25 June, 1947

Anne's diary is published, telling her story and read by millions around the world.

• “In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.”

• “I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support.”

• “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

• “I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”

• “Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.”

• “Because paper has more patience than people. ”

• “Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage.”

• War

• Growing up

• Fear

• Mortality

• Hiding

• Identity

• Loneliness

• Adolescence

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