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Anne Frank, Ellen Weinberger, Margot Frank and Gabrielle Kahn having a tea party with their dolls at the home of Gabrielle Kahn in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1934

Anne Frank Biography: Who was Anne Frank?

The story of what happened to Anne Frank is among the most well-known of the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust. Her diary is the first encounter many people have with the history of Nazi Germany's attempt to murder all the Jews of Europe during World War II.