Gillespie County, Texas. Gillespie County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 24,837. The county seat is Fredericksburg. It is located in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. Gillespie is named for Robert Addison Gillespie, a soldier in the Mexican-American War.
Anne Frank, the little Jewish girl who penned âAnne Frankâs Diaryâ while hiding in an attic from Nazis, was a refugee and her family applied for U.S. visas but were denied. The Truth: Itâs true that Anne Frank became a refugee in the lead up to World War II and was denied entry into the United States. That revelation surfaced in 2007 when the Yivo Institute for Jewish Research discovered a file on Otto Frank, Anne Frankâs father.
Persecution of Jewish people increased in July 1942, and the family decided to hide. They hid in the secret rooms of her father Otto Frank 's office building. After two years, they were betrayed and taken to concentration camps.Anne and her sister, Margot, were later taken to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.There, they both died from typhus in February 1945. Otto Frank was the only person in his family who survived. He went back to Amsterdam after the war and found that Anne's diary had been saved.hey hid in the secret rooms of her father Otto Frank 's office building. After two years, they were betrayed and taken to concentration camps. Anne and her sister, Margot, were later taken to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. There, they both died from typhus in February 1945.