Acting on tip from a Dutch informer, the Nazi Gestapo captured 15-year-
old Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family in a sealed-off area of an
Amsterdam warehouse. The Franks had taken shelter there in 1942 out
of fear of deportation to a Nazi concentration camp. They occupied the
small space with another Jewish family and a single Jewish man, and
were aided by Christian friends, who brought them food and supplies.
Anne spent much of her time in the so-called “secret annex”(below)
working on her diary. The diary survived the war, overlooked by the
Gestapo that discovered the hiding place.
The bookcase to the Secret Annex.
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank
(June 12, 1929 – March 12, 1945)
Anne Frank (center) is seen at the
Amsterdam Town Hall in July 1941.
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