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- Anne Frank was a teenage Jewish girl who kept a diary while her family was in hiding from the Nazis during World War II. For two years, she and seven others lived in a "Secret Annex" in Amsterdam before being discovered and sent to concentration camps.
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Nov 9, 2009 · The Franks were discovered in 1944 and sent to concentration camps; only Anne’s father survived. Anne Frank’s diary of her family’s time in hiding, first published in 1947, has been...
May 6, 2024 · Anne Frank (born June 12, 1929, Frankfurt am Main, Germany—died February/March 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, near Hannover) was a Jewish girl whose diary of her family’s two years in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands became a classic of war literature.
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Anne Frank was a German girl and Jewish victim of the Holocaust who is famous for keeping a diary of her experiences. Anne and her family went into hiding for two years to avoid Nazi persecution. Her documentation of this time is now published in The Diary of a Young Girl.
Apr 23, 2019 · The Diary of Anne Frank is often the first exposure readers have to the history of the Holocaust. Learn about Anne's diary, including excerpts and images.
Nov 12, 2015 · HISTORY. Document Deep Dive. How Anne Frank’s Diary Changed the World. The most famous account of life during the Holocaust has been read by tens of millions of people. Text by Scott...
The origin of the "ballpoint myth" In 1959, the diary was examined for authenticity. During that examination, a graphologist left a few notes among the original pages of the diary. In 1980, these notes were discovered by the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) during an investigation of the paper and ink used in the diary.
Anne began her diary in June 1942, when she turned thirteen years old, just weeks before her family went into hiding in the annex behind the business office of her father, Otto, at 263 Prinsengracht, in order to escape the persecution of Jews in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.