Who was Anne Frank?
Anne Frank was a 13-year-old Jewish teenager from Germany. She hid in Amsterdam in Holland during the Second World War to escape from the Nazis.
For 2 years when Anne Frank was hiding, she kept a private diary.
This diary was published after the war and sold 27 million copies throughout the world!
What did Anne Frank write in her diary?
In 1942, Jews were persecuted by Hitler, the head of the Nazis, and his army. Anne Frank’s family decided to go into hiding, to stay alive!
They moved into part of her father’s factory with another Jewish family. The workers accepted to help them and used a secret door to bring them food.
In her private diary, Anne recorded what happened. Confiding in her diary helped her endure the horrible living conditions.