In the book Soldiers on the Home Front, I was greatly struck by the fact that in childbirth alone, women commonly suffer more pain, illness and misery than any war hero ever does. An what's her reward for enduring all that pain? She gets pushed aside when she's disfigured by birth, her children soon leave, hear beauty is gone. Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those big-mouthed freedom-fighting heroes put together.

Born in the city of Frankfurt am Main in Weimar Germany Anne Frank lived most of her life in or near Amsterdam in the Netherlands. In 1939 Edith's mother came to live with the Franks and remained with them until her death in January 1942. Born a German national Frank lost her citizenship in 1941.

Annelies "Anne" Marie Frank (Dutch pronunciation: [ɑnəˈlis ˈɑnə maˈri frɑŋk] German pronunciation: [anəliːs ˈanə maˈʁiː fʁaŋk] ? [About this sound] pronunciation (help·info); 12 June 1929 – early March 1945) was one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. It was translated from its original Dutch and first publiAnne Frankd in English in 1952 as The Diary of a Young Girl. The diary which was given to Anne on her 13th birthday chronicles her life from 12 June 1942 until 1 August 1944.