Anne Frank’s friend recalls the moment 13-year-old was given the diary

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Anne Frank was given the now infamous diary at her 13th birthday party Her friend Nanette Konig has recalled the moment she unwrapped it Anne went on to record two years of her life hiding from Nazis in its pages The two schoolfriends later met at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Mrs Konig said Anne was badly emaciated and wrapped only in blankets Anne died at the concentration camp a few weeks before it was liberated By Corey Charlton for MailOnline Published: 05:55 EST, 9 March 2015 | Updated: 10:30 EST, 9 March 2015 2.1k shares 133 View comments A friend of Jewish schoolgirl Anne Frank has told of the moment the two were reunited at a Nazi concentration camp - where she found her 15-year-old friend emaciated and wrapped only in blankets as she struggled to survive the camp's harsh conditions. Nanette Konig, 85, had known Anne from school and had attended the teenager's birthday party where she received the infamous diary in which she went on to detail her life hiding from the Nazis.

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