June 12, 1929 was the day Annelies Marie Frank was born, but you may know her as Anne Frank. She was born in Frankfurt, Germany; younger sister to Margot Frank and second daughter to Otto and Edith Hollander Frank. She lived in a neighborhood mixed of Christian and Jewish children. In March of 1933 the Nazi party is elected to power in Germany, which also had Anti-Semitic measures put into effect immediately.

Anne, her mother, and her sister joined her father in Amsterdam in February of 1934; that’s when Anne began to attend a Montessori School were she enjoyed reading and writing. Anne was very outgoing, energetic, and exraverted; she had a great relationship with her father and sister, but not her mother.

On May 10, 1940 German forces invaded the Netherlands and immediately began to impose restrictions on the Jewish population. The restrictions included the registration of all Jews, segregation into Jewish schools, and the requirement that Jews wear a yellow star to tell them apart from other citizens. On July 5, 1942 Anne’s sister received a notice to go to a transit camp, so the plans of the Frank Family going into hiding moved up a few weeks so Margot would not be forced to go to the camp. On July 6, 1942 Anne and her family along with four others went into hiding in a place called the Secret Annexe.

The four others were the Mr. and Mrs. Van Pel along with their son who Anne had a crush on, and Frite Pfeffer; the family dentist and friend. Anna could only Squeeze in a few things of hers when they left for the Secret Annexe, because if the Franks had suitcases they would look very suspicious. Anne recored in her private diary the most intimate details of daily life during her two-year stay in the Secret Annexe, and her fear of being discovered almost daily. Her last entry was on August 1, 1944 three days later Anne and the others were discovered and arrested by the Gestapo; on September 2, 1944 they sent to Auschwitz.

Then Anne and her sister were sent to Bergen-Belsen Concentration camp. In March of 1945 the outgoing, energetic, exraverted Anne Frank died, never to see life again with child like wonder, never to see her family, never to grow up and have her own family. No, she died of Typhus in Bergen-Belsen, but her life has been passed on into her dairy. The only survivor of the Secret Annexe was Anne’s loving fathers, Otto Frank. He has passed on Anne’s life of how she lived in secret for two-years all from her dairy, her life, and her soul. That is the life story of Anne Frank; and it shall always be remembered.