Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1929, she was a Jewish girl who documented her life whilst living in the annex when the Nazi’s rose to power. Anne's family were Jewish and of middle-class, living in a quiet neighbourhood around the border of Frankfurt. For the first couple years of her life, she lived a very tranquil and happy life with her family, but soon after the Nazi’s seized power, life for the Jews in Germany became very difficult. The Nazi’s believed that the reason why Germany was in such a terrible state and lost to their allies was because of the Jewish people.
In 1933, the Frank family fled to the Netherlands. In July 1942 the Frank family went into hiding after Anne’s sister Margot, received a letter ordering her to work at a labour camp in Germany. The following day her sister, this time received a call from the Nazis telling her to work. Anne's parents were starting to become frustrated. They family hid in the attic of her father’s business place and while in hiding, Anne Frank kept a diary, recording all her worries, what she saw and experienced living in an attic. 4th of August 1944 the German Secret State Police discovered their hiding place, someone had reported them selling illegal coupons. Anne and her family were so afraid, they were sent to Westerbrook a transit camp. But two days later Anne and her sister Margot were sent to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The condition in Bergen-Belsen camp was horrifying, there was a lack of food, it was cold, rainy and many infectious diseases were spreading around. The Jews were treated as slaves and were forced to work non-stop. Life in the camp was miserable and unbearable. Anne and her sister Margot both died of typhus. They died just weeks before the British soldiers took over the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Anne Frank was only 15 when she died. More than one million children under the age of 15 died in the Holocaust. At the end of World War II, Anne’s father Otto, was the only survivor of the Frank family. He was searching desperately for any information about his family, until he heard the heartbreaking news of the deaths of his daughters from two girls that had been in the same camp as them. Through reading Anne’s diary, her dream was to become a writer or journalist with intentions to publish her diary about her life in the annex. After years of Anne's death Otto’s friends eventually convinced him to publish his daughter’s diary. By June 1947, more than 3000 copies of “The Diary of Anne Frank” were printed. This is what lead to Anne's story to be known worldwide. Her dream of publishing her diary did succeed. Many people today who research about history come across Anne's story and how at such a young age she went through so much. Her experience are said to be unforgettable.
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