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A legendary life
Anne Frank
Annelies Marie Frank
1929 – 1945
Jewish diarist whose account of hiding during the Holocaust became one of the world's most widely read books.
Her story
A life that changed history
Anne Frank documented her family's life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands from 1942 to 1944. Published after her death as The Diary of a Young Girl, her writing has helped generations understand the human impact of the Holocaust.
“Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.”
Diary entry, 15 July 1944