Anne Frank was born in Germany in 1929 to Jewish parents Otto and Edith Frank. After Hitler rose to power, the Franks fled to Amsterdam to escape persecution. In 1940, Germany occupied the Netherlands and began rounding up Jews. To hide, Otto Frank took his family into a secret annex behind a bookcase in his business. Anne documented their time in hiding in her diary from 1942 to 1944. However, in August 1944 the Franks were discovered and deported to concentration camps, where Anne died at age 15. Her father Otto was the only survivor, and he later ensured Anne's diary was published.