Second World War · 1929–1945
Anne Frank
Anne Frank · Netherlands
Diarist and Holocaust victim
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1929, she moved with her family to Amsterdam after Hitler came to power. In July 1942 the family went into hiding in a secret annexe behind a bookcase in the building of her father's company; two years later, on 4 August 1944, they were arrested by the Gestapo and sent to Westerbork, Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, where she died in February or March 1945. Her father Otto published her diary in 1947.
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History · Anne Frank House
Two years behind a bookcase
On the morning of 6 July 1942 the Frank family moved into the secret annexe at the back of the building that housed Otto Frank's company, its entrance hidden behind a bookcase; several of Otto's most trusted employees became their helpers. On 4 August 1944 the hiding place was discovered and the whole family was arrested by the Gestapo. Anne and her sister Margot died at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in early 1945; their father Otto survived Auschwitz. He published his daughter's diary in 1947, and in 1960 the house opened as a museum.
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