Annelise is a German language

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 and Danish first name. The traditional German spelling is Anneliese

Anneliese

Anneliese or, sometimes, is a female given name of either German, Hebrew or Nordic origin. Combination of Anne and Liese.It may refer to:...

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Use as a nickname in World War II

In World War II, German vehicle crews used to give nicknames to their self-propelled artillery, airplanes, tanks and tank destroyers. Annelise was a very common name for an ssIG 33 II (a self-propelled artillery gun, only 40 were produced).

This was also the proper name of Anne Frank

Anne Frank

Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank is one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films.Born in the city of Frankfurt...

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