Anne Frank (Annelies Mary Frank) was born on 12th June 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany.
She was born a German national - just like her parents, and sister (Margot), had been.
Her father - Otto Frank - was born in Frankfurt in 1889, during the height of the German Empire.
Her mother - Edith Frank (Hollander) - was born in 1900, in Prussia.
Otto and Edith met in 1924. They married the next year, on May 12th, in the Prussian city of Aachen.
The Frank family were just like all of the German's which surrounded them - a normal family, with typical morals and traditions, who only had one thing about them which separated them from everyone else.
The fact that they were Jews.
In 1933, something happened which changed the course of Anne's - and the rest of her family's, too - life.
The Nazi party had been elected in Frankfurt - and Adolf Hitler had come to power in Germany..
Even though the whole family were liberal Jews - meaning that they didn't tend to stick to Jewish traditions - it didn't save them from the newfound antisemitism which had arrived with the Nazis.
Otto instantly saw the dangers for his family.
By the end of the year, the Frank family left behind their whole lives, moving to Aachen.
Simply because of prejudice; and the inevitable, brutal, danger which came with it.
Otto remained in Frankfurt for a brief period of time, but he soon received a business offer in Amsterdam.
He accepted it - and the rest of his family followed him to Holland soon after.
Edith followed in September 1933.
Their daughters remained with their grandmother in Aachen.
Margot went in December of the same year, and Anne arrived in February 1934.
Anne retells her arrival, in her diary, in a brilliant way.
She describes herself, ingeniously while so simply, as a present for Margot.
They were one of 300,000 Jewish families who left Germany between 1933 and 1939.
Anne consistently showed her passion for reading and writing, while her sister, Margot, preferred arithmetic.
Anne's skills are so clear in the words of her diary.
There was peace at last for the Franks.
But it was taken away once again, in 1940.
The Germans had invaded.
Anne received, as a present on her 13th birthday - 12th June 1942 - a diary.
This marked the written beginning of her story.
The very words which were penned with ink on the pages, make up the story which has been read millions of times across the world.
Anne could still be alive today, to tell her story.
But the Germans took this liberty - and so many more - away from her.
She was born a German national - just like her parents, and sister (Margot), had been.
Her father - Otto Frank - was born in Frankfurt in 1889, during the height of the German Empire.
Her mother - Edith Frank (Hollander) - was born in 1900, in Prussia.
Otto and Edith met in 1924. They married the next year, on May 12th, in the Prussian city of Aachen.
The Frank family were just like all of the German's which surrounded them - a normal family, with typical morals and traditions, who only had one thing about them which separated them from everyone else.
The fact that they were Jews.
In 1933, something happened which changed the course of Anne's - and the rest of her family's, too - life.
The Nazi party had been elected in Frankfurt - and Adolf Hitler had come to power in Germany..
Even though the whole family were liberal Jews - meaning that they didn't tend to stick to Jewish traditions - it didn't save them from the newfound antisemitism which had arrived with the Nazis.
Otto instantly saw the dangers for his family.
By the end of the year, the Frank family left behind their whole lives, moving to Aachen.
Simply because of prejudice; and the inevitable, brutal, danger which came with it.
Otto remained in Frankfurt for a brief period of time, but he soon received a business offer in Amsterdam.
He accepted it - and the rest of his family followed him to Holland soon after.
Edith followed in September 1933.
Their daughters remained with their grandmother in Aachen.
Margot went in December of the same year, and Anne arrived in February 1934.
Anne retells her arrival, in her diary, in a brilliant way.
She describes herself, ingeniously while so simply, as a present for Margot.
They were one of 300,000 Jewish families who left Germany between 1933 and 1939.
Anne consistently showed her passion for reading and writing, while her sister, Margot, preferred arithmetic.
Anne's skills are so clear in the words of her diary.
There was peace at last for the Franks.
But it was taken away once again, in 1940.
The Germans had invaded.
Anne received, as a present on her 13th birthday - 12th June 1942 - a diary.
This marked the written beginning of her story.
The very words which were penned with ink on the pages, make up the story which has been read millions of times across the world.
Anne could still be alive today, to tell her story.
But the Germans took this liberty - and so many more - away from her.