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Anne Frank in May 1942, two months before she and her family went into hiding
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Saturday, 3 August 2024 - 18:20

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Anne Frank House commemorates Anne Frank's last diary entry

On Thursday, the Anne Frank House commemorates that it was exactly 80 years ago that the young woman in hiding wrote in her diary for the last time. On Sunday, it will be 80 years since the Frank family and the other people hiding in the Secret Annex fell into the hands of the Nazis and were deported to concentration camps.

"I know exactly how I would like to be, how I am... inside, but unfortunately, I am only that for myself," was the last sentence Anne wrote down. She died in February 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

On June 12 it would have been Anne Frank's 95th birthday. Anne received her first diary for her 13th birthday. The young girl from Germany took her diary with her when she went into hiding in the Amsterdam Secret Annex. It was one of the first items she packed, according to the Anne Frank House.

The Anne Frank House commemorates the historic day on its social media channels. The foundation also reports on the arrest and its possible betrayal on its website. "We know that on August 4, 1944, a 15-year-old Jewish girl was arrested after hiding for 25 months and leaving her diary entries in her hiding place. A girl whose life story and words continue to inspire people all over the world to this day."

Reporting by ANP

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