Anne Frank lived from 1929 to 1945. She is famous throughout the world because of the diary she kept. Anne was a Jewish girl. During the Second World War, the Jews were persecuted by the Nazis, so Anne and her family had to go into hiding. In 1942, the family secretly moved into the back of a large house on one of the canals in Amsterdam. That is why the book of Anne’s diary is called: "The Secret Annex". The house where Anne and her family hid still exists today and is visited every year by hundreds of thousands of people. Anne died in a concentration camp. After the war her diary was found and translated into many languages.

Rembrandt van Rijn

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) was probably the greatest painter of the Golden Age. He was the son of a miller and lived and worked in Amsterdam. His house still exists today and has been turned into a museum. Rembrandt was famous in the Netherlands and abroad during his own lifetime. One of his best-known paintings is "The Night Watch". It hangs in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) lived and worked in the Netherlands, Belgium and France. He had a special style all of his own. His paintings and drawings are popular all over the world. There is a special museum in Amsterdam with paintings by Van Gogh.