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• Anne Frank was a German-born Jewish girl who wrote a diary while hiding with her family and friends in Amsterdam during the Nazi German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II. Her diary gained international fame and became one of the world's most published books.

  In April 2009 The Anne Frank Center USA announced plans to plant trees in ten U.S. cities as a symbol of "the growth of tolerance." AP: Anne Frank Saplings May be Planted in 10 US Cities (April 17, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Birth Name: Annelies Marie Frank
  2. Birth Date: June 12, 1929
  3. Birth Place: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  4. Died: March 31, 1945
  5. July 6, 1942: Frank and family moved into hiding place, "Secret Annexe"
  6. August 4, 1944: Hiding spot found by the German Police
  7. March 1945: Died of typhus at age 15 while in a concentration campAP: Anne Frank Saplings May be Planted in 10 US Cities (April 17, 2009)
  8. The concentration camp was liberated one month after her death

• The Diary

  The diary chronicles her life from June 12, 1942 until her capture on August 1, 1944. Her diary was discovered and published as The Diary of a Young Girl in 1947. Frank's diary has been adapted for both film and the stage.

  The diary was meant to just be a place for Anne to vent while in hiding during the Nazi Holocaust, but has become a public document of some of World War II's most wrenching and significant events from a personal perspective.

  After the Frank family's discovery, arrest and deportation, the family who was hiding them gathered her diary and other papers, planning to save them for Anne. When she died in a concentration camp, the papers were turned over to Anne's father, Otto Frank, who published them under the title The Diary of a Young Girl.

• Trees of Tolerance

  • In her diary, Anne Frank wrote about tracking the seasons by watching the growth of a horse chestnut tree while hiding from the Nazis. In 2009, the Anne Frank Center USA announced that they would like to plant 3-foot saplings would come from the ailing Amsterdam tree that Frank watched. The group plans to plant the saplings in ten U.S. cities potentially including at the Sept. 11 memorial, the White House and at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis.AP: Anne Frank Saplings May be Planted in 10 US Cities (April 17, 2009)

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