Anne Frank

Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank was a German-born Dutch-Jewish diarist who was a victim of the Holocaust

Going into hiding
Anne’s sister, Margot received call up papers demanding that she go to a labour camp in Germany. Later, The Frank family went into hiding in a Secret Annex above Otto Frank’s offices. Employees Miep Gies, Victor Kugler, Johannes Kleiman and Bep Voskujl were the only employees that knew the family were hiding above the premises.

Secret Annex
The Van Pels family, Hermann, Auguste and Peter joined the Frank family in the Secret Annex. Another person, Fritz Pfeffer, a dentist, joined the Franks and VanPels in the Secret Annex

Anne Frank continued to write in her diary regularly, describing things that happened in the Secret Annex. She also decided that she wanted to become a journalist.

Capture and Death
the Secret Annex was raided on August 4, 1994. All occupants were arrested and sent to the Westerbork transit camp. Miep Gies found Anne’s diary among papers left on the floor of the Annex. The Franks, Van Pelses and Fritz Pfeffer were taken to Auschwitz. The train they were in was the last to leave Westerbork transit camp. Anne, Margot and Mrs Pels were taken from Auschwitz to Bergen Belsen. Anne dies of Typhus just days after her sister