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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Author Biography

Annelies Marie Frank was born to Otto and Edith Frank on June 12,1929, in Frankfurt, Germany. The year was notable, as it marked the beginning of the Great Depression in the United States and the global economic and political crises that followed. These factors would figure prominently in the worldwide turmoil leading up to World War II. When Hitler was elected chancellor of Germany in 1933, Mr. Frank had the foresight to move his family out of Germany. They settled in Amsterdam, Holland.

When Hitler's regime occupied Holland in 1940, the Franks were subjected to increasingly restrictive laws governing Jews. The political climate worsened, and in 1942 Mr. Frank converted an attic above his warehouse into living quarters for his family in the event that they would be forced into hiding. When Anne Frank's older sister, Margot, received notice to report for labor camp registration, the Franks made their...
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