This Day in History: Anne Frank's Last Diary Entry
On this day, the 12th of Av, 75 years ago, Anne Frank penned the final entry in her famous diary, just days before being transferred to the Bergen-Belsen death camp.
- דבי רייכמן
- פורסם י"ב אב התשע"ט
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Anne Frank was a Jewish teenager living in the Netherlands during the Holocaust. When the war reached the Netherlands, she and her family went into hiding.
Anne Frank became famous for the diary she wrote while in hiding, at only 13 years old, over a period exceeding two years. Friends of the family discovered the diary after the family's arrest, and a few years after the war, the diary was published. Since then, it has been released in dozens of editions and translated into many languages.
In her diary, Anne described her experiences and those of her family during those tough years, and how they coped with the challenges they faced.
On the 12th of Av, 5704, Anne Frank wrote the last entry in her diary. Three days later, German officers stormed the hideout and arrested the entire family. Anne was sent to the Bergen-Belsen death camp, from which she did not survive.
