"If freedom is short of weapons, we must compensate with willpower" (Hitler 5). In the 1930s, in light of Hitler's Nazi Germany, it was decided to invade all Jewish countries. People were terrified, forced to leave their homes and go to concentration camps or find hiding places. This war went on for many years. One of the most famous hideouts of all, however, which housed eight people, was called "The Secret Annex." The Frank and Van Pels family stayed here for twenty-five months. They took refuge because they knew that war was approaching. It's about Anne Frank and her courageous efforts to survive, not only in the battle against the Germans but also as a young woman. Earlier that year, in 1942, for Anne Frank's thirteenth birthday, her parents gave her a diary covered in a red and white plaid cover. . That same day he wrote for the first time: "I hope I can confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support for me" (Frank 1). This is where we learn about their lives and the tragedies that took place. Anne chose to call her diary Kitty. He wrote to Kitty every day telling of the people, events and love stories that happened. During those hidden months, his diary became his dear friend (Mark 2). In the late 1930s Hitler's Nazi Germany began to show its wrath against the world of paper... for surviving. . He later remarried to a lady who also survived the war. Otto Frank died on August 19, 1980. Up until that point, he had dedicated his life to sharing his daughter's diary with the world. Anne Frank and her family's only crime was that they were born Jewish. Anne and millions of other Jews were killed by the Nazis in the cruelest human degradation. Anne and many others suffered the most merciless treatment. Anne, by Nazi standards, had no right to exist; not as a member of the Jewish people, or as an inferior race, or even as a slave. In Hitler's mind there was no place for them except death.