Anne Frank And The Boy On The Wooden Box

Anne Frank lived in a time where many Jews, including her family, were treated horribly and were discriminated against by the Nazis. During the Holocaust, Nazis were exceptionally cruel and illogical to the Jews, blaming them for things they did not do. To avoid these inhuman actions and increase their survivability, some Jews hid from the Nazis and waited for the Soviet Union to come and save them; there was also others who lived by the Nazis’ circumstances and struggled with their constant fear for the future - if they survived.
During the Holocaust, many Jews lived their daily lives either in hiding or working for the Nazis. In “The Diary of Anne Frank,” Anne and her family were forced to hide in the Annex to protect their lives, whilst in “The Boy on the Wooden Box,” the father of the boy, Leon, worked for a Nazi man, which guaranteed him and his family protection from death. Although they lived in different situations, hunger was a common problem for both of them. Leon and his family only lived off of the food that Leon’s father brought home …show more content…
Their days were filled with fear and dread for what was to come if they were caught by the Nazis. Anne’s mother, Mrs. Frank, underwent a personality change at the end of the story. When she found out that Mr. Van Daan was the one eating the food in the cupboard, she threatened him and his family to leave. The anxiety for her family’s future and the uncertainty of their survival led her to be menacing toward the Van Daans, a different side of her not even her family saw before. In the article, “Hidden Children in France During the Holocaust,” Saul Friedlander, a 10-year old boy, was also a victim impacted by the Holocaust. Without his parents, he had to adapt to his life in a Catholic school - alone - and the time he spent there motivated him to be a devoted Catholic. Thus, by the end of the war, the lives of many Jews were forever changed