Anne Frank

her diary

She confided her thoughts to a diary she called "Kitty".

💡 Did you know? Anne Frank's diary has been translated into over 70 languages and is one of the most read books in the world.

secret annex in Amsterdam

The hiding place was above her father's business; the family were never allowed outside.

💡 Did you know? The hiding place lay behind a bookcase in the annex of her father's firm: eight people lived there for over two years in cramped quarters.

Frankfurt; fled to Amsterdam

The family fled Nazi Germany.

💡 Did you know? The Frank family fled the Nazis from Frankfurt to Amsterdam in 1933: but in 1940 Germany occupied the Netherlands too.

persecution as Jews (Nazi era)

After the German occupation of the Netherlands in 1940, the persecution intensified.

💡 Did you know? As the deportations began, the family went into hiding in 1942: the day after a summons for Anne's sister Margot.

13th birthday

For her 13th birthday Anne received a red-checked notebook, which she at once turned into her diary.

💡 Did you know? A few weeks later the family had to go into hiding.

betrayed and deported

Anne died in early 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen camp, just 15 years old.

💡 Did you know? In August 1944 the hiding place was betrayed; Anne died months later in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp: shortly before liberation.

Otto Frank (her father)

He was the only survivor of those in hiding and found Anne's writings.

💡 Did you know? Otto Frank, the only survivor of the eight, received Anne's rescued diary from a helper and had it published in 1947.

a memorial against hatred and persecution

Anne's diary gives the millions of Holocaust victims a personal face and still warns against hatred and exclusion today.

💡 Did you know? Millions of people worldwide have read her diary.

Anne Frank

Anne Frank (1929 to 1945) was a Jewish girl whose diary, written in hiding, became a world-famous testimony of the Holocaust.

💡 Did you know? The Amsterdam annex where Anne hid is today a museum visited by over a million people each year.

1929

Born: 12 June 1929 in Frankfurt am Main