girl h Her diary included 25 months of claustrophobic, quarrelsome intimacy with the seven other members sharing the annex h The diary is world renowned because it shows discussion of emotions familiar to every adolescent even though it was during a very trying time h When the Franks went into hiding their personal items were very limited, Anne chose to bring her diary h Annes diary ended August 4th, 1944, when their hiding place was betrayed by a Dutch associate h On July 9th, 1942 the Frank family moved into the Secret Annex h The secret Annex is adjacent to Otto Franks former office on Prinsengracht h In total there were eight people living in the Annex; the Frank family, three from the Van Pels family ( Herman, Auguste, and their son Peter) and an elderly dentist named Fritz Pfeffer h Four people acted as helpers keeping the eight people in touch with the outside world and brought them supplies h These people, two of them named Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl put themselves at great personal risk, by helping Jews they could be arrested and jailed h On August 4th,1944 approximately 10:00am, the Nazi Gaestapo acting on a tip from an anonymous informer raided the secret annex h After the evacuation of the Annex, Gestapo (Hitlers troops) searched for valuables such as money h They scattered the papers of Annes diary on the floor, later found by Miep and Bep, and kept for safe keeping h All those who lived in the Annex were arrested by the Nazis and deported to concentration camps h Weeks later, as the allies began retaking Holland, the Jews at camp moved to Auschwitz and later to other camps h At this time Otto Frank was separated from his family h Upon recovering Otto began to search for his family, en route home to Amsterdam he learned of his wifes death but not unil sometime after his return he discovered the facts of his daughters deaths h Otto Frank was the only one of the eight residents of the secret annex to survive h A...
