The Anne Frank house is a monument in memory of Anne Frank and her family. Anne Frank was one of the Jewish victims of Nazi persecution during the second world war.
On July 1942, Otto and Edith Frank, their daughters Margot and Anne and 4 other jewish people, hid in the secret back house (achterhuis) of the building. After two years they were betrayed and deported. Only Otto Frank survived the war. During the hiding period, Anne Frank kept a diary. In 1947 the first Dutch edition appeared. Since then the diary has been published in more then 55 languages.
The rooms of Anne Frank's house still breathe the atmosphere of that time. Anne Frank's original diary is on display in the museum. Each year approximately one million people visit the Anne Frank house.