Anne Frank – German-Jewish girl, author of The Diary of Anne Frank, a symbol of the Holocaust. Her writings, composed while hiding in Amsterdam, became one of the most poignant documents of the 20th century. The diary, discovered after the war, has been translated worldwide.
📖 Kept her diary from 1942 to 1944 while in hiding from the Nazis. 🏠 Her family lived in the “Secret Annex” behind a bookcase. 📚 Dreamed of becoming a writer or journalist. 😢 Deported first to Auschwitz, then Bergen-Belsen, where she died of typhus. 🌍 The diary has been translated into more than 70 languages and became a bestseller. 🎭 Inspired plays and films across the globe. 🕊 Schools, streets, and museums bear her name. 👩👧 Her father Otto Frank was the only surviving family member. 📸 A few surviving photos of her became iconic. 🙂 Even in hiding, she wrote with humour, joking about daily inconveniences.