Anne Frank

Anne Frank started writing her diary on her 13th birthday, the 12th of June 1942. Soon after that, her family went into hiding in an attic to escape the holocaust. She kept writing in her diary until two years later they were arrested and taken to concentration camps. Only Otto, the father, survived. He found her diary and worked to get it published.
See Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Frank

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