Anne Frank

Anne Frank was a young Jewish German girl who became tragically famous after her death. She wrote a diary about her life, thoughts and experiences while she was hiding from the Nazis in World War II. She spent two long years in an attic in Amsterdam but the Nazis finally found her and she was sent to a concentration camp. She died when she was 15.

Anne Frank was born in 1929 in Germany. Her father was a German officer from World War I. Anne was a very studious and diligent student who had a passion for books. She moved to Amsterdam with her family after Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933. She attended a Montessori school and was a very energetic and outgoing girl.

In June 1942, Anne received a notebook for her thirteenth birthday. She decided to use it as a diary and wrote about her dreams to become an actress. In July, she and her family were ordered to go to a work camp. Instead, they hid in the attic of her father’s workplace. They shared the small space with another family for two years.

In August 1944, German security police discovered the hideout and arrested all the people there. Anne was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. She died in March 1945 and was buried in a mass grave. Her diary was found and given to her father. It is one of the most widely read books in the world today.