Anne Frank A young Jewish girl, who spent two years hidden with seven others in Amsterdam's secret annex during World War II, became a symbol of hope for all people who suffered during the Holocaust. . Anne Frank's childhood is recounted in the diary she wrote while in hiding, following the discovery of her and her family, creating the symbol that the world came to understand as the 'hope. Even though the story of Anne Frank took place over 60 years ago, the world still remembers the story of a thirteen year old child. Anne Frank was a Jewish girl born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His parents were Otto and Edith Frank, as well as an older sister named Margot. At the time Anne was born, Germany was going through a crisis. An economic crisis led to poverty and unemployment (Metselaar 15). A politician named Adolf Hitler thought he could solve the problems, but Hitler and his party, the NSDAP, were anti-Semitic, meaning they hated Jews and blamed them for all of Germany's problems they were experiencing at that time. era. (Metsalaar 16) Anne lived in Frankfurt until she was four years old because they were Jewish. His father had to immigrate to the Netherlands in 1933, where he became managing director of the Butch Opekta company. In April, Hitler and his government began to discriminate against Jews. Jewish teachers and civil servants were fired. At school, Jewish children were bullied and insulted. Otto and Edith Frank decide to leave Germany. They weren't the only ones. Thousands of people, Hitler's political opponents, artists and scientists, including many Jews, fled Germany (Metselaar 34). After May 1940, good times were few and far between: first there was the war, then the capitulation, and finally the arrival of the Germans, and that's when the troubles for the Jews began. Our freedom has been severely restricted by a