Ann Franks diary, also known as "the Diary of a Young girl" which describes her life in hiding during World War 2 is probably one of the best known books in the world. The book is based on the diary 13-15 year old Anne Frank wrote as they were hiding during Germanys occupation of the Netherlands. She had received the diary on June 12th after showing it to her father in a shop window a few days earlier. The book was read and white with a small lock on the front. It was original an autograph book, but Anne Frank decided she wanted to use it as a diary and started writing immediately. The family moved into hiding on July 6th and stayed there until August 4th 1944 when the German Police stormed their hiding place. The family was deported to Auschwitz where Anne Frank and almost all of her family was murdered. Only Anne Franks dad, Otto Frank survived, and it was he who published her diary in 1947 after reading about her dreams of becoming a writer.
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