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Over the two years from when she first started keeping a diary, Anne Frank sharpened her natural skills- and made sure the updated version showcased that growth. In addition to the entries she edited for
The Franks were soon joined by three family friends, as well as a German dentist. A week after the Franks entered the Secret Annex, the occupancy went from four to seven with the addition of
As life grew more dangerous for Dutch Jews during the German occupation, Otto Frank put a plan in motion to save his family from the Nazis. In early 1941, he began converting an unutilized annex
At dawn on May 10, 1940, German paratroopers descended on the shores of Rotterdam, 50 miles away from Amsterdam, as part of an orchestrated invasion of the Netherlands. For five long days, Dutch troops armed
Any time Anne Frank sat down with her diary, in her right hand was the fountain pen she received as a gift from her maternal grandmother when she was 9. Four vears later. in the
At the height of the diary’s popularity-as The Diary of a Young Girl film arrived in theaters-Holocaust deniers came out in opposition, going as far as to dispute its very authenticity. In 1959, Otto Frank
