Anne Frank was born June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany, second daughter of Otto and Edith Hollander Frank (Schmittroth 121-122). Anne had a sister that was three years older named Margot ("Anne (lies)(Marie) Frank") The Franks were very prosperous until Hitler took over Germany with plans to control minorities (Schmittroth 122). The family moved when Anne was only four years of age to Amsterdam, Holland, which Anne loved, made many friends, and even picked up a new language quickly ("Anne (lies) (Marie) Frank"). In Amsterdam people described Anne at the time as a bubbly, chatty girl who was curious about everything, while her sister was quiet and studious (Schmi

ttroth 122). When Anne turned thirteen she received a diary and wrote in it everyday (Schmittroth 122-123). They had lived a good life up till then. It all changed soon after Anne's Birthday.

The diary Anne wrote was published and translated into many different languages and her wish of living after her death really did come true. Anne Frank’s life has and can touch the lives of everyone. From her early life, to hiding, to concentration camps, Anne changed in many ways, but in others she stayed exactly the same.

On July 5, 1942, less than a month after Anne's birthday, her sister Margot got summoned to a concentration camp (Schmittroth 122-123). Immediately the Franks went to hide in the attic of an office building where Otto Frank worked, also called the "Secret Annex,” where they hid for 25 months (Schmittroth 123) (Feldman 308). There were a total of eight Jews hiding there: Anne, Margot, Otto, and Edith Frank, they were joined by Hermann and Petronella van Dann, their teenage son, Peter, and a Jewish dentist named Albert Dussel (Schmittroth 123). They spent their days in absolute

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