THE DIARY OF A

YOUNG GIRL
ANNE FRANK
 Anne Frank
June 12, 1929 – March 20, 1945

Ann Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl

is one of the most renowned and most
discussed Jewish published books of
the Holocaust. Frank notes her life
during WWII, as a Nazi refugee of the
Netherlands
Acknowledged for the quality of her
writing, her diary has become one of the
world's most widely read books, and
has been the basis for several plays
and films.
Annelies Marie Frank was born June 12, 1929 in
Frankfurt, Germany.

Anne’s father was Otto

Frank, her mother,
Edith Frank and older
sister, Margot Frank
 To try to escape the Nazi’s
harsh laws, Edith, Anne and
Margot moved to Aachen,
Germany and Otto moved to
Amsterdam.

Everyday a new shipment of

Jews were being deported.
Otto decided to create a
hiding place for the Frank’s
incase they needed to seek
refuge.
Margot was called up, or
selected, to be deported
to a concentration camp,
Sunday July 5, 1942.
Immediately the Frank’s
left for their shelter.

July 1942, the family went into hiding

in the hidden rooms of Anne's father,
Otto Frank's, office building.
The Frank’s hiding place is known as
“The Secret Annex”.
It is located in Otto’s office attic at
263 Prinsengracht, Amsterdam.
The “Secret Annex” is
located on the third
floor of Otto’s office
building. The
entrance is covered
by a bookcase.

Inside the Annex Rules

1. No speaking or
moving from 8:00
am to 6:00 pm
2. Speak quietly
3. No going outside
 Joining the Frank’s in the annex (attic) were four other people, Mr.
van Pels, Mrs. van Pels, Peter van Pels and Dr. Pfeffer.

 Four of Otto’s employees helped the families hide. Their names

are, Miep Gies, Victor Kugler, Johannes Kleiman, and Bep
Voskuijl.
Anne and Peter’s relationship started off with them
disliking each other, but later it developed into a
romance.

Mr. Frank taught Anne, Margot and

Peter English, French,
mathematics and history everyday,
and they received one short hand
lesson per week.
After two years of
hiding the eight were
caught. An
anonymous person
called the Gestapo on
them.

On August 4, 1944 the

eight refugees plus
Mr. Kugler and Mr.
Kleiman were
arrested by the
Gestapo and taken to
Gestapo
headquarters.
 After a few weeks at Gestapo
Headquarters, Mr. Kleiman was
released for medical care. Mr.
Kugler was deported and spent
eight months in a forced labor
camp.

The Franks, van Pels, and

Dr. Pfeffer were taken to
Westerbork, then two weeks
later, Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Immediately as they arrived at Auschwitz-
Birkenau, the men and women were separated.
This was the last time Otto saw his family.
In Auschwitz-Birkenau, Edith Frank died and Mr. van
Pels was taken to the gas chamber.
Peter van Pels was taken with the S.S. when they left
Auschwitz. Peter was never seen again. Otto was
the only one of the eight who survived.

Otto Frank Peter van Pels

Anne, Margot and Mrs. van Pels were taken to
Bergen Belsen concentration camp.
Mrs. van Pels died during the spring of 1945.
Anne and Margot, her sister died of typhus fever
during March of 1945. Two months after Anne
died, Bergen-Belsen was liberated.

Anne (age 15) and her sister

Margot Frank in March 1945
Bergen-Belsen concentration
camp, Lower Saxony,
Nazi Germany
 Otto Frank was the sole
survivor of his family.

Immediately after he was

liberated he searched for
his family, but he came to
realize they had all died.

Otto married Fritzi Geiringer

during November of 1952.
Fritzi had one daughter,
Eva. Eva and Anne were
friends before the war.
Eva Schloss wrote a book about her
experiences titled, Eva’s Story.
Eva travels all over the world to talk
about her novel.
Otto and Fritzi
 Anne’s father, Otto Frank
returned to Amsterdam and
found her diary in the attic.

Her book was published in 1952

as The Diary of a Young Girl,
her life is portrayed from June
12, 1942 until August 1944.

We wouldn’t know Anne’s story

today if it had not been for her
13th birthday present, a diary.
 The Diary of a Young Girl is
translated into 67 different
languages, Sold over 31 million
books and is one of the most
wildly read books.

One of Anne’s most famous quotes

from her diary is:
“Despite everything, I believe that
people are really good at heart.”
‘Text can be cut, but understanding
can’t be’