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Facts About Anne Frank
1 – Anne Frank was a young girl who lived in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War 2. She and her family went into hiding to avoid being captured by the Nazis.
2 – The Anne Frank house is now a museum that has been turned into a symbol of hope for generations to come.
3 – In this diary she describes the period from 12 June 1942 to 29 March 1944 and she wrote more than 215 pages (or 50,000 words).
4 – Her diary entries are still read today as they tell about what it’s like living under oppression and discrimination.
5 – The last entry in her diary begins with “Dearest Kitty: A Bundle of contradictions. It was written on Tuesday 1 August 1944.
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6 – Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929.
7 – She grew up in a wealthy family and attended the Montessori school.
8 – When she was 13, she received her diary as a birthday present. It was a red, checked autograph book.
9 – In 1942, when Anne’s family went into hiding to avoid deportation by Nazi Germany, they took their diaries with them.
10 – The group stayed hidden until 1944 when they were discovered and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp where Anne died of typhus at age 15 on April 15th, 1945.
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11 – Her father Otto survived the war but her mother Edith died at Auschwitz while he was on his way home from prison camp after being freed.
12 – Her diary has been translated into 67 languages; it’s one of the world’s most read books.
13 – The book is called “The Diary of a Young Girl” because that was what she wanted to call it before her father convinced her to change it.
14 – It has sold 30 million copies since its publication in 1947.
15 – The diary consists of 2 parts – the first part tells about her life before going into hiding and the second one covers their time in hiding.
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16 – Anne and her family were betrayed by their neighbors and captured by Nazis, but they never gave up hope.
17 – Her father Otto published her diary as The Diary of a Young Girl after it was found among the family’s things after World War II ended.
18 – The Diary Of Anne Frank was adapted for the stage and premiered on Broadway in 1955 and it won Pulitzer Prize for drama.
19 – In 1957, she became a symbol of peace for millions around the world when Otto Frank received the Nobel Peace Prize.
20 – Her father’s family had lived in the city of Dordrecht since 1657 and he worked as a partner at a company called “Klein & Quentel,” which dealt with spices and other goods.
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21 – Her full name was actually Annelies Marie Frank – Anne was just her nickname.
22 – Her father Otto was the only family member to survive the Holocaust. Both his daughters Anne and Margot died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen camp.
23 – Anne Frank’s diary was saved by a family friend called Miep Gies who kept the diary in a desk drawer until he was able to return it to Otto in July 1945.
24 – Anne called her diary KITTY.
25 – She died at age 15 from typhus fever caused by hunger and exhaustion after spending two years hidden away with her family.
