Anne Frank

Diariest; author of 'The Diary of a Young Girl'

Anne Frank - Diariest; author of 'The Diary of a Young Girl'
Born

June 12th, 1929
95 years ago

Died

1945
80 years ago — 16 years old

Category

Activists & Humanitarians

Country

Netherlands

Links & References

Born in Frankfurt, a Jewish girl moved to Amsterdam to escape Nazi persecution. During World War II, lived in hiding with her family in the secret annex of her father's office. Documented experiences in a diary, which later became a significant historical account of the Holocaust. The diary was published posthumously under the title 'The Diary of a Young Girl', gaining worldwide recognition and contributing to the understanding of the impact of war and discrimination on individual lives.

Wrote 'The Diary of a Young Girl'

Her diary was published in 1947

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