The Best Birthday In a letter to her grandmother, Alice Frank, in June 1941, Anne Frank's voice is full of the simple joy and excitement of a girl who just…
The Secret Confidante When Anne Frank received a diary for her thirteenth birthday, she had her doubts. In her first entry on June 21, 1942, she confessed that it was…
The Voice That Would Not Be Lost On June 25, 1947, a small book with a monumental story was published for the first time. Titled "Het Achterhuis" (The Secret Annex),…
The Sweet and Peaceful Face In the Secret Annex, as her world grew smaller and smaller, Anne Frank found comfort in her memories. On September 28, 1942, she wrote about…
The Last Days of Freedom On June 30, 1942, just days before her world would shrink to a few hidden rooms, Anne Frank wrote in her diary, chronicling her life…
The Last Goodbye In the summer of 1942, as the world was closing in on Amsterdam's Jewish community, Anne Frank was experiencing a normal teenage life, filled with new crushes…
The Knock That Changed Everything It was a warm, lazy Sunday, July 5, 1942. The sun beat down on Amsterdam, a quiet backdrop to a day that would become the…
The First Steps into Hiding The morning of Monday, July 6, 1942, was not a morning for suitcases. In the early hours, Edith Frank woke her daughter Anne at half-past…
The House of Hope For the Frank family, their apartment at Merwedeplein 37 in Amsterdam was more than just a home; it was a sanctuary. They lived there from December…
A New Family On July 13, 1942, the small, hidden space of the Secret Annex in Amsterdam grew a little more crowded. The van Pels family arrived, joining the Franks…