Anne Frank was a young German girl born in June 12, 1929, Frankfurt, who spent 25 months in hiding during the Holocaust- a murder of precisely six million Jews which occurred during the World War II led by Germany’s leader – Adolf Hitler.
To escape from the Nazis, most Jews went
into hiding like Anne’s family. Anne, along with her sister, her parents and
four strangers hid in congested rooms with poor conditions above her Fathers
previous old office in Amsterdam ,
Netherlands
During the 25 months when Anne’s Family
were in hiding, Anne kept a diary about her life in the cramped office. The
hiding place was called ‘The secret Annex’, which was nicknamed by Anne. The
office in Amsterdam
Anne’s family survived in terms of food and
clothes with the help of good Christian friends handing them necessities each
day. However, this was unsafe and they risked their own lives in order to do
this. Furthermore, they didn’t stay there until after the war was finally over.
In addition to that, someone betrayed the Franks and Anne’s family was arrested
and handed over to the Nazis.
The Annex was then raided, and whoever
lived in the Annex was forced to be sent to concentration camps. (Enormous
prisons built by Nazis to separate the Jews from the German population) Very
sadly and unfortunately, Anne Frank died of the disease typhus at the
concentration camp called Bergen – Belsen in March 1945. She was still a teenager; a mere 15
year old.
One of the families most trusted helpers
called Miep Gies fortunately rescued Anne’s diary, willing to return it after
the war would be over. However, Anne’s father (Otto Frank) turned out to be the
only resident of the Secret Annex to have survived. Eventually, he brought
Anne’s diary to the attention of the world by having the book published in
1947. It is currently read all over the world in 67 languages.
Now-a-days, Anne Frank is one of the most
discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
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