Anne Frank

Short History Of...

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🗓️ 1 June 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Anne Frank is one of the world’s most famous writers, yet she didn’t live long enough to see her work published. At the age of thirteen, Anne was a normal teenager, who poured her heart into a diary. But what made her diary different, was that she created within its pages a snapshot of the darkest events of World War Two, detailing the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands that forced her family to hide in a secret annex. But what do we know about the real life of this bubbly young girl? How did her precious diary survive the war? And what about the people who protected - and betrayed her? This is a Short History Of Anne Frank. A Noiser Production, written by Jo Furniss. With thanks to Karen Bartlett, a journalist and author of The Diary That Changed the World. Get every episode of Short History Of a week early with Noiser+. You’ll also get ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to shows across the Noiser podcast network. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It is the 12th of June, 1942.
0:08.6	A girl and her father walk along the canal side in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
0:16.5	Otto Frank is taking his daughter shopping to celebrate her 13th birthday.
0:22.6	As they approach a corner, two German soldiers high step passed.
0:27.6	And Otto grabs the girl's arm to make her slow down to avoid them.
0:32.6	Red-faced in uniforms emblazoned with a swastika, they march up to another pedestrian,
0:38.3	grabbing her shopping bag so that she drops her rations.
0:43.3	One soldier kicks an apple into the canal before they stride off.
0:49.3	Otto rushes over to help the shaken woman.
0:53.3	Like them, she is forced to wear a star of David badge to signal that she is a Jew.
0:59.0	While they gather her shopping, a newspaper seller shouts the headlines.
1:05.0	Every day, more restrictions are announced by the Nazi occupies of the Dutch city.
1:11.6	Today they learn that Jews are forbidden from riding bicycles, playing sports and using non-Jewish grocery shops.
1:21.6	That explains why the soldiers attacked this woman, hoping for an excuse to arrest her. Once the woman is back on her way, Otto directs his daughter to one of the few shops they are permitted to visit.
1:37.3	They enter a Jewish bookstore, and he tells her to choose a gift.
1:47.0	Moving between half-empty shelves, the teenager spots an autograph book.
1:52.0	It has a red and white checkered cover and an ornate block.
1:56.0	She clicks it open and finds blank pages inside.
2:00.0	It's perfect.
2:01.6	She can use it for her writing.
2:04.6	She takes it to the shopkeeper who rings up the price on the till.
2:09.6	After Otto pays, he hovers by the doors for a moment, checking for Gestapo officers,
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