Anne Frank was born in 1929 in Germany and died in 1945 at the age of 15 after being captured by the Nazis while hiding from them in an attic in Amsterdam. From 1942-1944, she kept a diary documenting her experiences in hiding. She went into hiding in late 1939 at the start of World War 2 and remained hidden for over two years in the secret annex of her father Otto Frank's business building. In 1945, Anne and her family were captured and transported to concentration camps, where they died or were killed. Her diary was published in 1947 and became widely read, documenting her life in hiding during the Holocaust.