Anne Frank received a diary for her birthday on June 13, 1943. She wrote in the diary about longing for the war to end as bombs and gunshots could be constantly heard outside. Anne and her family were hiding from the Nazis in a secret annex, as they would be killed if discovered, given they were Jewish. Anne explained that her family fled Germany after Hitler rose to power and came to the Netherlands, but were now in hiding from Hitler's persecution and killing of Jewish people.