Knowra Anne Frank Anne Frank Anne Frank was a German-born Jewish diarist whose posthumously published diary documented her family’s life in hiding from Nazi persecution in Amsterdam.
Frank family : A Jewish family whose members included diarist Anne Frank and her sister Margot. Anne’s parents and sister shared the move into hiding and its dangers.
Diary : A dated record of personal experiences, thoughts, and observations, usually written regularly. Anne’s writing began as a private diary before reaching a worldwide audience.
Miep Gies : A Dutch woman who helped shelter the people in the Secret Annex and preserved Anne Frank’s papers after their arrest. She safeguarded the diary notebooks until Otto Frank returned.
The Diary of a Young Girl : The widely published English title of Anne Frank’s diary, first issued in Dutch as Het Achterhuis in 1947. This book brought Anne’s writing to international audiences.
Holocaust literature : Writing that represents the Holocaust through testimony, memoir, fiction, poetry, or historical study. Anne’s diary became one of its most widely read personal accounts.
Nazi persecution of Jews : The systematic discrimination, dispossession, deportation, and murder of Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators. This persecution forced the Frank family to flee Germany and conceal their identity.
Holocaust : The genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II. The diary records one family’s experience within this larger genocide.
Bep Voskuijl : An employee of Otto Frank who helped supply the people hiding in the Secret Annex. Her practical support helped sustain the hidden group’s daily life.
Anne Frank House : A museum in Amsterdam preserving the Secret Annex and interpreting the lives of those who hid there. The preserved hiding place connects the diary to its physical setting.
Holocaust denial : The false claim that the Holocaust did not occur or that its established facts are substantially fabricated. Forensic examination of the diary has answered attempts to discredit its authenticity.
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