Anne was born on 12 June, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany. Her family was Jewish. During World War II, they had to live in a secret hiding place (escape) the Nazi Holocaust (纳粹大屠杀). This was a time the German Nazis were killing Jews. On 4 August, 1944, the hiding place (discover). Of all the people had hidden there, only Otto Frank, Anne's father, survived.