Anne Frank's diary (1942), one of the best-selling books in the world, narrates moments experienced by the group of Jews confined in a hiding place during the Nazi occupation in the Netherlands. Published in 40 countries and translated into 70 languages, it has sold over 35 million copies worldwide.
Anne Frank, author of the diary, she was a 13-year-old Jewish girl who shocked the world with the horrors of World War II narrated in her diary.
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Who was Anne Frank?
Annelies Marie Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. Due to Nazism, with the persecution of the Jews, Anne's parents, Otto and Edith Frank, move to Amsterdam.
However, in 1940, Germany invaded the Netherlands and began to Second World War. All Jewish children, including Anne, were forced to go to a separate Jewish school. The situation gets worse and, two years later, Anne's father is forced to build a hiding place in the secret annex of his company.
On her 13th birthday, Anne receives a gift diary, in which she writes during the 2 years she was hidden in the Secret Annex. In addition to writing about the events inside the hideout, she also wrote about her thoughts and feelings.
However, before she can finish her writing, she and the other Jews in hiding are discovered and apprehended.
Despite the search, a portion of Anne's writings are preserved, as two other friends save the documents before the Secret Annex is emptied by order of the Nazis.
Anne Frank's death
After passing through the German security police, Anne is deported to Auschwitz, a concentration camp for Jews. Upon reaching the camp, the girl is sent to the women's labor camp, with her sister and mother.
In early November 1944, she was deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp with her sister. Due to the poor conditions in the camp, lack of food and cold, he contracted typhoid fever.
In February 1945, Anne and her sister Margot died from the consequences of this disease.
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