Yesterday marked the anniversary of the day the young teenage girl was found. She’d been missing for over two years, although not many people noticed. It was a time of upheaval and families everywhere struggled.
When she was found, she seemed in fair health, considering she’d not been outside for the entire time and that her diet was restricted at best. Most likely, however, her immune system was compromised by lack of sunlight and good food. She had been living with seven others in several small rooms above an office building in Amsterdam, and whiled away the hours writing in a diary she’d received on her last birthday before she went missing.
Her discovery was not the stuff of a joyful reunion; in fact, her chances of survival actually depended on not being found. Had she managed to hide for another few months, her life would have been dramatically different. But someone learned of her whereabouts and reported it to the authorities who came and arrested all eight people. In the rush, nobody bothered to pick up the group’s few belongings, and the girl’s diary remained undiscovered.
It was August 4, 1944. Her name was Anne Frank.
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