Anne Frank, also known as Annelies Marie Frank, was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. In Germany, Adolf Hitler, the head of the Nazi party, channeled rising antisemitism as well as the high poverty levels in the country, to gain power. Anne and her family later moved to Amsterdam, in hopes of escaping Nazism.

In Amsterdam, Anne and her family adjusted to their new home. Anne made friends, and her father was able to start his business. When Anne was 10-years-old, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, thus starting World War II. Not long after the Nazi invasion of Poland, Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands. Only five days after the initial invasion of the Netherlands, the Dutch army surrendered to the Nazis. After that, there were more and more laws put into place by the Nazis to make the lives of the Jewish citizens extremely difficult and scary. For Anne, she wasn't allowed in certain places she was able to go previously, her father lost his business and all Jewish children, including Anne, were forced to attend separate schools just for the Jewish kids. Anne, her parents, siblings and the rest of the country's Jews were forced to live like second-class citizens. If they couldn't afford to leave, they were forced to stay and watch all of their rights slowly being taken away until ultimately they were forced into concentration camps.

As the Nazis took things further, the Jews were forced to wear Stars of David on their clothes to show that they were Jewish. Anne's parents received a call for them to come and report to a "labor camp." This caused Anne's parents to grow suspicious and their family went into hiding in an annex Anne's father set up at the business premises at Prinsengracht 263. Right before her family went into hiding, Anne received a journal as a present for her 13th birthday. This is where she would document her day-to-day life in the secret annex, as well as her thoughts, feeling and short stories.

A little over two years after Anne and her family went into hiding, they were discovered by the Nazis and taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Anne, along with the others in the secret annex, were transported on a train car that was packed, with people one on top of another. This ride was several days long, leaving the "passengers" to either starve, overheat or get sick. All passengers were forced to go to the bathroom on themselves and stay there for the entire ride.

Upon their arrival at Auschwitz, Jews were sorted into those who were in sufficient physical shape to work in the labor camps while the very young, old or sick were immediately killed in the gas chambers.

Anne was moved to another concentration camp called Bergen-Belsen with her older sister Margot. Their parents were kept at Auschwitz and the conditions in Bergen-Belsen were also horrible. Anne and her sister eventually contracted Typhus. The camp was cold, wet, dirty and a there was very little food. This was the perfect breeding ground for contagious diseases, such as Typhus. Poor Margot and Anne passed away together from the disease.

The only survivor from the secret annex was Anne's father, Otto. Once Auschwitz was liberated by the Russians, Otto learned his beloved wife had died, as well as his two daughters, Anne and Margot.

Anne's father was deeply touched by his late daughter's writing. He read that Anne always wanted to become a writer or a journalist when she grew up, and that she wanted to publish her journal after the Nazis left. Anne's father's friends encouraged him to publish her journal.

Anne's journal was later translated into more than 70 different languages. People all over the world were introduced to Anne's story. In 1960, Anne's hiding place was turned into a museum. Anne's father hoped that her story would raise awareness of Anti-Semitism as well as discrimination and what such hatred can lead to.

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