Anne Frank

Anne Frank (born Annelies Marie Frank) was a German-born Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim whose wartime diary became one of the world’s best-known accounts of life in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

Anne Frank (born Annelies Marie Frank) was a German-born Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim whose wartime diary became one of the world’s best-known accounts of life in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. She wrote while concealed with her family in Amsterdam from 1942 until their arrest in 1944, and her diary was published posthumously as *The Diary of a Young Girl*.

Early life

Anne Frank was born Annelies Marie Frank in Frankfurt am Main on June 12, 1929. Her family was Jewish, and they later left Germany for the Netherlands as Nazi persecution intensified.

Hiding in Amsterdam

From July 1942, Anne Frank and her family hid in a concealed annex in Amsterdam. During this period she wrote extensively about daily life, fear, and adolescence under Nazi rule.

Arrest and death

The Franks were discovered in August 1944 and deported to concentration camps. Anne Frank died in Bergen-Belsen in early 1945, shortly before the camp’s liberation.

Diary and legacy

Anne Frank’s writings were published after the war as *The Diary of a Young Girl*. The book became one of the most widely read accounts of the Holocaust and a major work of war literature.