Anne Frank

Full Name: Anne Frank
Nationality: Dutch
Profession: Jewish Victim & Diarist of the Holocaust
Why Famous: German born Dutch Jewish national Anne Frank aged 13 and her family went into hiding in Amsterdam to escape Jewish persecutions under Nazi occupation in 1942. Betrayed two years later they were sent to concentration camps where Anne died. Anne's diary from June 1942 to August 1994 is regarded as the most famous personal account of the Holocaust and has been turned into a play and film.
Born: 12th June, 1929
Star Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Died: 12th March, 1945 (aged 15)
Cause of Death: Typhus in German concentration camp

Historical Events in the Life of Anne Frank

1942-06-12 - Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present (Amsterdam)
1942-06-14 - Anne Frank begins her diary
1942-07-06 - Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in After House, Amsterdam
1944-08-01 - Anne Frank's last diary entry; 3 days later she is arrested
1944-08-04 - Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by German Security Police (Grüne Polizei) following a tip-off from an informer who was never identified
1944-09-02 - Holocaust diarist Anne Frank was sent to Auschwitz
1944-09-03 - 68th & last transport of Dutch Jews (including Anne Frank) leaves for Auschwitz concentration camp
1944-10-30 - Anne Frank (of Diary fame) is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen
1947-06-25 - 1st edition of Anne Frank's "The Back of House" published
1957-05-04 - Anne Frank Foundation forms in Amsterdam
1960-05-03 - The Anne Frank House opens in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
1986-05-14 - Institute for War documents publishes Anne Franks complete diary

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