Anneliese Marie "Anne" Frank was a diarist and a writer. Born in the city of Frankfurt in Weimar, Germany on June 12, 1929. She lived most of her life near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Born a German National. Frank lost her citizenship on 1941. She gain international fame posthuously after her diary was published. It documents her experiences hiding during the World War II. While in the hiding, Anne wrote on her diary their lives in the secret annex.