Gone down in history, a young girl meant to be an author wrote one of the most famous pieces of literature in our libraries today. She was brave, positive, adventurous, and growing up to be a beautiful woman. Her name was Anne Frank.
Born on June 12, 1929 to Edith and Otto Frank, Anne was immediately different. Raised in Germany, Anne was one of the many Jews in their country. As Hitler came to power and the Nazi Party rose, Anne and her family began experiencing discrimination and felt threatened to be alive as a Jew. When the danger increased, the Frank family fled to Amsterdam. Later, they had to go into hiding in her father’s workplace; the Secret Annex. Given a diary by her father Otto, Anne quickly began writing entries about life in the Annex with her family, the van Pels, and Fritz Pfeffer, who had joined them in hiding as well. For two years she wrote about growing up in hiding. Staying in one house with the same people for two years had a lot of ugly sides but beautiful ones as well. Anne detailed it all in an extraordinary manner. The families were discovered in 1944 and all of them were murdered except for Anne’s father, Otto. After being freed, Otto found the diary years later and later published it. It was out for the world to see.
Anne’s diary inspired millions of people around the world. Her entries made us both laugh and cry. Her bravery and talent to write have taught so many about the horrors that many Jews and others felt during the Holocaust and from a unique perspective as well. Anne Frank’s beautiful soul will never be forgotten.
