Anne Frank was a German and later Jewish girl who became world-famous because of her diary, which she wrote during the Second World War while hiding in the annex on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam. Her diary has been published and is one of the most widely read books in the world. Through her diary, Anne Frank has become an international symbol of the Holocaust. You can walk through the rooms of the annex, view the original diary pages of Anne Frank, and learn more about the lives of the people in hiding.