Anne Frank

Frank, Anne (1929–45), German born Dutch Jew who with her family lived in hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam (1942–44). Betrayed and sent to a concentration camp, she died there of typhus. Her diary, published in 1947, provided the material for a popular play and film. In 1998, five previously unpublished pages were published. They had been held back by her father Otto Frank.

See also: Holocaust.