ABOUT ANNE FRANK
Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who had to go into hiding during World War Two to avoid the Nazis. Together with seven others she hid in the secret annex on the Prinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam. After almost 2 years in hiding they were discovered and deported to concentration camps. Anne’s father, Otto Frank, was the only one of the eight people to survive. After her death Anne became world famous because of the diary she wrote while in hiding.
DID YOU KNOW?
As well as Anne and her family, four other Jews lived in the secret annex: Hermann and Auguste van Pels with their son Peter, and, for a time, Fritz Pfeffer, a German dentist. Anne’s diary describes in great detail the tension between the eight individuals, who had to stay indoors at all times and remain quiet so as not to arouse the suspicion of staff working in the warehouse downstairs. The entrance to the annex was concealed behind a moveable bookcase.
