Anne Frank’s life (1929-45) spanned the most [?] years in the history of the and the . Born in the waning years of the Weimar Republic, Anne Frank was only years old when and the Party ascended to power. The Weimar Republic, established after Germany’s in World War I, had to garner widespread support. Unemployment, , labor unrest, and rising in the streets were all in the popular mind with the and inefficiency of the Weimar . Extremist , which put forth of a better future, popularity.