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Created | Updated Jun 12, 2003
On this day in 1929 a young family introduced their second daughter to the world. Sadly her life was short but has had an international effect.
Annelies (Anne) Mary Frank
(1929-1945)
Born Frankfurt, Germany.
Hitler chancellor; Franks move to Amsterdam.
Nazi forces occupy Netherlands.
Restrictions push Franks and friends into attic annex above business.
Anne starts diary in a notebook. Two years hiding before discovery.
Anne dies of Typhus at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp weeks before liberation.