Anne Frank's House - Amsterdam
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Anne Frank spent several years of her childhood in this house during World War II. During that time she wrote a wartime diary recording her experiences hiding from the German Nazis.
Waymark Code: WMNYTZ
Location: Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 05/25/2015
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Annelies Marie 'Anne' Frank (1929-1945) was a young Jewish writer, and one of the most well known victims of the Holocaust. She was born in Frankfurt, Germany, but moved to Amsterdam with her family when she was 4 years old. In 1942, after the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, Anne went into hiding with her family and several other people in some concealed rooms in a canal-side building where Anne's father worked. They spent two years in that house, during which Anne wrote of her experiences in her wartime diary The Diary of a Young Girl.
The family was eventually betrayed and captured, and 15-year-old Anne Frank died in a concentration camp in 1945.
Her wartime diary was published in 1947, and has since been translated into more than 60 languages.
The house which they had hid in over those years was converted into a museum which opened in 1960. It preserves the family's hiding place, and has a permanent exhibition on the life and times of Anne Frank. The museum gets over 1 million visitors a year.
Name of Famous Person: Anne Frank
Physical Address: Prinsengracht 263-265, Amsterdam, Netherlands
What is this person famous for?: Anne Frank wrote a wartime diary while hiding from German Nazis during World War II.
Website verifying legitimacy of site: [Web Link]
Personal Experience: It's a very sombre experience to see what the persecuted people had to endure.
Other information about area: All the surrounding buildings were acquired by the Anne Frank Foundation, and are now part of the museum space.
Additional Website verifying Site legitimacy: Not listed
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