Author's Note

The main character from this book was a real person. Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. As Hitler rose to power, Anne and her family were forced to move to the Netherlands due to their Jewish beliefs. While there, they had to hide in a secret attic. This upset Anne a lot, as she wanted to go outside and enjoy her childhood. Unfortunately, they were eventually discovered, arrested, and taken to concentration camps. Sadly, Anne died while at a concentration camp, along with everyone in her family accept her dad, Otto. In total, 6 million Jews died during the holocaust. Eventually Otto was allowed to return home, where he published Anne diary, which she had consistently written in throughout their hiding. This diary became very popular worldwide, and helped many people see what it was really like for Jewish people during World War II.

Once there was a young girl named Anne. She lived in a place called Germany.

Anne loved to write. She would write in her book every day.

One day, bad people came near where Anne lived. Anne had to move to a new home.

Anne's new home was in a place called the Netherlands. Her new house was only one room big, but Anne was fine with that.

No going outside.

Anne did not know why, but she was not allowed to go outside.

Anne was not lonely, though, because she lived with a few other children.

But one day, the bad people found them.

The bad people took them to a place that was far away from home.

One day they were allowed to leave that place, but Anne's dad was the only one who went back home.