On July 6, 1942, the Frank family, along with four other people, went into hiding in the "Secret Annex," a hidden section of the building where Otto Frank's business was located. For over two years, they remained in hiding, surviving in cramped quarters and relying on the help of friends and associates who provided them with food, supplies, and support.
During their time in hiding, Anna Frank, then a teenager, kept a diary in which she recorded her thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Her diary, later published as "The Diary of a Young Girl," became a powerful and poignant account of the Holocaust and a symbol of the resilience of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable suffering.
In August 1944, the Secret Annex was raided by the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police, who arrested the Frank family and others in hiding. Anna Frank and her sister, Margot, were initially sent to the Westerbork transit camp in the Netherlands and later deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. Anne and Margot both died of typhus in Bergen-Belsen in February or March 1945, shortly before the camp was liberated. Out of the eight people in hiding in the Secret Annex, only Otto Frank survived the Holocaust.
Anna Frank's diary, which was discovered and preserved after the war, has been translated into more than 70 languages and has become one of the most widely read books in the world, serving as a powerful reminder of the horrors of the Holocaust and the importance of tolerance, empathy, and the fight against hatred and discrimination.