1929–45, Dutch diarist. Born in Germany, Frank fled to Amsterdam with her family in 1933 to escape Nazi persecution. After the Nazis occupied Holland, her family hid for three years (1942–44) in a sealed-off room above a warehouse. During those years, Anne kept a diary characterized by poignancy, insight, humor, and touching naiveté. The family was betrayed to the Germans in 1944; Frank died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Her diary, which her father discovered and published in 1947, became a bestseller, translated into English (1953) and more than 30 other languages. It was also made into a play (1956) and a film (1959). Frank also wrote stories, fables, and essays, which were published in 1959. A critical edition of her diary was published in 1986 and an expanded edition, coedited by her father, appeared in 1995 on the 50th anniversary of her death.

See biography by M. Müller (tr. 1998).

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