As Adolf Hitler rose to power in 1933 the Frank family moved into a house on Medwedplein in southern Amsterdam. Mr. Frank established a food preservative business with an office and a warehouse in a building on the Prinsegracht Canal.(“FRANK, Anne”). After the move Anne attended the Montessori school where she excelled and had many friends. After seven years, the Nazis began to invade the Netherlands. In five days, Holland surrendered to the German forces. With so many restrictions being placed on Jewish families, Anne was required to transfer to a Jewish Secondary School. Anne Frank Biography, October 18, 2002 http:www//.uen.org/utahlink/lp_res/AnneFrankBioShort.html

On Anne’s thirteenth birthday she received many presents; the nicest of all was a diary to record her daily life events. She named it “Kitty.” Anne considered it odd to receive a diary at her age. “It’s an odd idea for someone like me to

Anne Frank’s diary is the truth about Jewish families in World War II. Otto Frank circulated copies of Anne’s diary to friends as a memorial to his wife and daughters. He was urged to make it public and finally published an edited version in 1947. Since then it has been translated into more than thirty languages and adapted for theater, film and television.

The Franks left for the annex on July 9, 1942. Margot would be waiting for them there. As Anne walked with her parents down the street, she noticed all of the sympathetic looks she got as she carried her satchel and a large shopping bag. “You could see their faces how sorry they were they couldn‘t offer us a lift; the gaudy yellow star spoke for itself.”(16)

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