On August 4, 1944, the Frank family was found out by the Nazi Secret Service, arrested, and taken to a detention center where they were forced to perform hard labor. Hopeful that her diary entries could be published after the war, Anne consolidated her writing into one cohesive story titled “ Het Achterhuis” (“The Secret Annex” ). Over the following 25 months in hiding, she filled its pages with a heartfelt account of teenage life in the “secret annex,” from small details to her most profound dreams and fears. It soon became her vehicle to change the world forever.
Among Anne’s few possessions was an unassuming gift she had received on her thirteenth birthday just weeks earlier: a checkered hardback notebook. The Frank family, like millions of others, were forced to act quickly and leave nearly everything behind to seek protection. In the spring of 1942, Anne’s family did just that, hiding in a secret annex in her father’s office building to avoid persecution. Unable to live and practice freely and safely, millions of Jews were forced to flee their homes or go into hiding. Jewish people were particularly targeted by the Nazi regime, experiencing imprisonment, execution, or forced relocation to inhumane concentration camps. World War II ignited when Anne was 10 years old, and soon after, Germany invaded the Netherlands, bringing the war to her family’s doorstep. Today is the 75th anniversary of the publication of her diary, which is widely considered one of the most essential books in modern history.Īnne Frank was born on Jin Frankfurt, Germany, but her family soon moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands to escape the increasing discrimination and violence faced by millions of minorities at the hands of the growing Nazi party. Today's Doodle features real excerpts from her diary, which describes what she and her friends and family experienced in hiding for over two years. Although only written between the ages of 13-15, her personal account of the Holocaust and events of the war remains one of the most poignant and widely-read accounts to date. Today's slideshow Doodle honors globally renowned Jewish German-Dutch diarist and Holocaust victim Anne Frank. This post includes mentions of the Holocaust, which may be sensitive to some readers.
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