Anne Frank was the daughter of a Jewish family living in Amsterdam during the 2nd world war. When Germany invaded Holland in 1940, a severe anti-Jews campaign was on it's way.In 1942, the Frank family tried to escape these measures by hiding in the back annexe of their house. The building consisted of two separate parts; the front part was used for the family business whilst the most upper floor of the back annexe became their hiding place. Two years later the family got betrayed by someone still to this very day unknown and taken to a concentration camp.
Otto Frank was the only family member to survive the war. The rest of the family, including Anne frank died in Bergen-Belsen in March 1945, only few weeks before the liberation of the camp. During the hiding period Anne Frank kept a secret diary describing her daily life. After the war the diary was given to Otto Frank and in 1947 the first Dutch edition appeared. Eventually the diary has been published in more than 55 languages.