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Anne Frank - Life, Diary, Arrest & More
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Who was Anne Frank?
Anne Frank was a German-Dutch diarist of Jewish descent known for her work, The Diary of a Young Girl, which describes her life in hiding from the Nazis during the Holocaust.
Early life
Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1929, 4 years before Hitler came to power. As the hostilities towards the Jews increased, her parents, Otto and Edith, decided to flee to Amsterdam when Anne was only four and a half years old. In 1942, two years after the German army occupied the Netherlands, the family went into hiding.
As the family of 4 lived in hiding with 4 other Jews for 2 years, Anne wrote in great detail about her life in a diary. In 1944, they were arrested by the Gestapo and sent to concentration camps. In 1945, at 15 years of age, Anne passed away at the camp. Her diary was published posthumously.
Anne Frank Diary
On her 13th birthday, Anne Frank got a red-and-white plaid diary. Anne, who dreamt of becoming a writer, wrote in it religiously. Three weeks later, Anne took the diary with her when the Franks went into hiding. Over the next two years, she wrote about her life, the war, her thoughts, and her dreams.
She addressed the letters in her diary to Kitty, a fictional character from a series of books she had read.
On 28 March 1944, after hearing an appeal on the radio from Dutch minister Bolkestein asking the Dutch to hang on to important documents about their experience during the war, Anne began working on a book about her time in hiding. Titled Het Achterhuis, or The Secret Annex, the book was a revised version of her diary. However, before she could finish the book, they were caught by the Gestapo.
Miep Gies, Otto’s secretary, managed to save the diary. When Otto — the only survivor of the war — returned, Miep handed the book to him. Otto, who knew of his daughter’s dream, fulfilled her wish by publishing it. Translated into almost 70 languages, The Diary of a Young Girl continues to inspire millions.
Anne Frank House - The Secret Annex
The Secret Annex was concealed from view by houses on all four sides of a quadrangle, making it an ideal hiding place. However, they still had to take extra care to ensure that their presence stayed hidden from others, particularly the employees at the warehouse. The Frank family shared the space with the van Pels family and Fritz Pfeffer. They stayed here until 4 August 1944, when they were caught by the Gestapo and sent to concentration camps.
Plan A Visit To Anne Frank MuseumThe video diary
Imagine a world where Anne Frank gets a video camera instead of a diary. What if she was a vlogger and not a diarist? That’s what ‘Anne Frank Video Diary,’ a video series created by the Anne Frank House Museum, tries to show. The series follows Anne Frank from 29 March 1944, when she has been in hiding for over a year and a half. She films herself and the events at the Secret Annex and reflects on her life before hiding. She talks about the war, her dreams, hopes, and feelings — just as in her diary. The series of 15 episodes, in which Luna Cruz Perez plays Anne Frank, ends on 4 August 1944, when Anne and the others are arrested.
Streaming on YouTube, the online series is available in 60 countries, with subtitles in five languages.
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All Your Questions Answered About Anne Frank
Q. How old was Anne Frank when her family left Germany?
A. Anne Frank was four and a half years old when her family left Germany and moved to Amsterdam.
Q. Did Anne Frank have any siblings?
A. Anne Frank had an older sister, Margot.
Q. Who is Kitty in Anne Frank’s diary?
A. Kitty is a fictional character from a series of books by Dutch author Cissy van Marxveldt that she had read.
Q. Where is Anne Frank House located?
A. Anne Frank House is located on Prinsengracht 263, in Amsterdam.
Q. How long did Anne Frank live in hiding?
A. Anne Frank spent 761 days in the Secret Annex.
Q. When was Anne Frank arrested?
A. Anne Frank and her family, as well as the others living in hiding were arrested on 4 August 1944 by the Gestapo.
Q. How did Anne Frank die?
A. Anne Frank and her sister, Margot, contracted typhus because of the terrible conditions at Bergen-Belsen. They died in February or March of 1945.
Q. Did any of Anne Frank's family survive?
A. Anne Frank’s father, Otto, was the only survivor.
Q. What’s ‘Anne Frank Video Diary’?
A. ‘Anne Frank Video Diary’ is a 15-episode series that imagines Anne Frank as a vlogger instead of a diarist during the Holocaust.
Q. How old was Anne Frank when she died?
A. Anne Frank was 16 years old when she died.
Q. Is it worth visiting the Anne Frank House?
A. With the Secret Annex carefully preserved, a visit to the Anne Frank House will allow you to view and experience what life in hiding was like.