article_snippet: Anne Frank Anne Frank likely died a month earlier than previously thought meaning there was little chance of Anne Frank surviving the Holocaust, according to new research.
article_snippet: However a new study puts the date of Anne Frank death at some point in mid February, meaning that even if British troops had reached the camp a little sooner, Anne Frank would likely not have survived.
article_snippet: After the Second World War the Dutch government set the official date of Anne death as March 31, based on survivors accounts stating that the girls died sometime in March.
article_snippet: Because the Allies liberated the camp on April 15, this added a bitter twist to Anne tale - the thought that if Anne could have hung on a few weeks longer Anne might have been saved.
article_snippet: Bergen-Belsen was liberated in April 1945, meaning if Anne died in March, then Anne was two weeks from rescue.
article_snippet: It is unlikely that the exact date of Anne's death will ever be uncovered, as disease was so common in the camps that individuals passing away often went unnoticed.
highlights_snippet: Previously thought Anne Frank died on in March, weeks before camp was liberated .
  
highlights_snippet: But new research has shown Anne Frank likely died some time in mid February .
  
highlights_snippet: Even if British troops had arrived earlier, Anne Frank couldn't have been saved .