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Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (German: [ˈanə(liːs maˈʁiː) ˈfʁaŋk] ⓘ, Dutch: [ˌɑnəˈlis maːˈri ˈfrɑŋk, ˈɑnə ˈfrɑŋk] ⓘ; 12 June 1929 – c. February or March 1945) [1] was a German-born Jewish girl who kept a diary documenting her life in hiding amid Nazi persecution during the German occupation of the Netherlands.
During the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, Anne Frank received a blank diary as one of her presents on 12 June 1942, her 13th birthday. [8] [9] According to the Anne Frank House, the red, checkered autograph book which Anne used as her diary was actually not a surprise, since she had chosen it the day before with her father when browsing a bookstore near her home. [9]
One of Anne Frank's close friends is opening up about her final encounter with the young icon and the history of her diary. National Geographic is airing the documentary "Anne Frank: The Nazi ...
71 years ago today, Anne Frank was captured by the Nazi Gestapo in Amsterdam. The Frank family escaped from Germany in 1942, out of fear of being sent to a Nazi concentration camp. With the help ...
Both women, who were cell mates with Anne and Anne's sister Margot, are believed to be among the last known people to have seen Anne alive. [1] The documentary won an International Emmy Award. The interviews appeared as a book in 1992: The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank by Willy Lindwer. [2] Willy Lindwer wanted to film this book in Anne Frank ...
Related: Marking Anne Frank's Birthday, Man Recounts Story of His Mom Meeting Her at Concentration Camp Read below for an exclusive excerpt from When We Flew Away. There is a day you never forget ...
Entitled Verhaaltjes, en gebeurtenissen uit het Achterhuis beschreven door Anne Frank (Stories and events from the Backhouse described by Anne Frank), it was recovered with her other manuscripts from her hiding place by Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl following Anne Frank's arrest by the Gestapo on August 4, 1944.
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The museum built around a secret annex in a canal-side house where Anne Frank hid from Nazis during World War II has been renovated to better tell the teenage Jewish diarist's ...