Character Catalog

Personal diary written between 1942 and 1944, published by Otto Frank. Translated into more than 70 languages, it is one of the most widely read testimonies about the Holocaust and is featured in school curricula around the world.

Alongside her diary, Anne wrote short stories, fables, and essays in the Annex, reflecting her literary ambition and early maturity.

A collection published after Otto Frank's death, bringing together the short stories, fables, and childhood memories written by Anne during her time in hiding.

Scholarly edition published by the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation, comparing the different versions of the diary and definitively authenticating the manuscript.

I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness, I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of millions of people and yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better.

We walked in the pouring rain, Father, Mother and I, each carrying a school bag and shopping bag filled to the brim with the most varied assortment of items. The people on their way to work so early in the morning looked at us with compassion.

When I write, I shake off all my cares, my sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived. But then comes the big question: will I ever be able to write something great, will I ever become a journalist or a writer?

History cannot be written solely from official documents and decisions. If our descendants are to fully understand what we have endured, we must collect the most ordinary records: diaries, letters, sermons.

The rear house where Anne Frank and seven others lived in hiding for more than two years, from July 1942 to August 1944. Today it is the Anne Frank House museum.

The Rivierenbuurt neighbourhood where the Frank family lived before going into hiding. Anne spent her Dutch childhood here and attended the nearby Montessori school.

The camp where Anne and her sister Margot were transferred from Auschwitz in the autumn of 1944. They both died of typhus there in early 1945.

The extermination camp where the eight people in hiding in the Annex were deported in September 1944 following their arrest.

The transit camp in the Netherlands through which the occupants of the Annex passed before their deportation to Auschwitz. More than 100,000 Dutch Jews were processed there.

Anne Frank's birthplace, where she was born on 12 June 1929. The family left Germany in 1933 to flee the Nazi regime.

The famous diary given to her for her 13th birthday, covered in red and white checkered fabric with a small lock. It is in this notebook that Anne began writing her most intimate thoughts.

Anne wrote with a fountain pen she was very attached to. She mentions her sadness when it was accidentally burned in the stove of the Annex.

A fabric badge that all Jews over the age of six were required to wear visibly on their clothing from May 1942 in the Netherlands.

Anne collected photos of movie stars and royal families that she pinned to the wall of her room in the Annex, to brighten up the space.

The people in hiding continued to study in the Annex. Anne took correspondence courses under a false name and read extensively to continue her education.

The clandestine radio was the vital link to the outside world. The residents of the Annex listened to Radio Oranje and the BBC to follow the progress of the Allies.

The entrance to the Annex was concealed behind a revolving bookcase built by Johan Voskuijl, one of the helpers, to hide the access door.