“This is a photograph of me as I wished I looked all the time. Then I might still have a chance of getting to Holywood [Hollywood]. But as present, I’m afraid, I usually look quite different,” Anne Frank wrote in her diary on October 10, 1942 next to a picture of herself as a young girl (Frank). Anne had a normal childhood and dreamed of becoming a Hollywood actress until her family had to go into hiding (Berger). She and her family lived in a hidden room at the top of her father’s office building for two years where Anne wrote in her diary to occupy the time (Frank Back Cover). Anne Frank never intended to write a book, yet she has written one of the most powerful stories of all time and has influenced many individuals to do exceptional things.
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She was given the name Annelies Marie Frank. She also had a sister Margot, whom was three years older. Anne was very close to her father Otto (Berger). He was a lieutenant in the German army during World War I and then later became a businessman in Germany and Netherlands. The family lived in Frankfurt, Germany until 1933 when they moved to the Netherlands to escape persecution of Jews. “It was possible for us to start over and feel free,” stated Otto (Berger). In the Netherlands, the family had a normal life and Anne had a normal childhood (Biography.com Editors). Anne hopscotched, shot marbles, gossiped, and even received the nickname “Miss Quack Quack” for talking too much at school (Berger). She went to school at Amsterdam’s Sixth Montessori School until 1941 when she started at the Jewish Secondary School. During this time, the Nazis gained control of the Netherlands, and Anne’s life began to change (Biography.com editors). Jews could not own bicycles, ride on trams, drive cars, play sports, be outside after eight at night, and many other bans. They also had to wear a yellow star of David symbolizing they were Jewish (Frank 4). On Anne’s thirteenth birthday, she received a red checkered diary from her parents which …show more content…
Anne’s father Otto was the only survivor of the eight people hiding in the annex. After he was liberated, he went back to the annex to see if his daughters had survived and found Anne’s diary. When he learned of his daughter’s death he read Anne’s diary. “I didn’t really know my own child,” Otto Frank stated after finishing the diary (Berger). To honor his family and their deaths Otto allowed friends to read Anne’s diary. The friends that had read Anne’s diary tried to persuade Otto to have it published (Frank). He eventually had the diary published, but decided to remove some of the pages (Biography.com Editors). The book has been converted into movies and plays, and it has been rendered into over thirty languages since 1947 (Frank). The diary gives all of its readers a sense of hope. Anne was in a horrible situation, yet she was able to keep living and be happy during this time. Her family and the van Pels were also in this situation and even though supplies were low, they still allowed one more person to hide with them. Every night they would listen to the radio in hope there were reports of the Allies gaining more land and getting closer to liberating the families (Frank 48). Another theme of Anne’s diary was peace. The story showed how war negatively impacts people’s lives. The family had to go into hiding for over two years. Also, food was scarce and many people died of hunger and
She was given the name Annelies Marie Frank. She also had a sister Margot, whom was three years older. Anne was very close to her father Otto (Berger). He was a lieutenant in the German army during World War I and then later became a businessman in Germany and Netherlands. The family lived in Frankfurt, Germany until 1933 when they moved to the Netherlands to escape persecution of Jews. “It was possible for us to start over and feel free,” stated Otto (Berger). In the Netherlands, the family had a normal life and Anne had a normal childhood (Biography.com Editors). Anne hopscotched, shot marbles, gossiped, and even received the nickname “Miss Quack Quack” for talking too much at school (Berger). She went to school at Amsterdam’s Sixth Montessori School until 1941 when she started at the Jewish Secondary School. During this time, the Nazis gained control of the Netherlands, and Anne’s life began to change (Biography.com editors). Jews could not own bicycles, ride on trams, drive cars, play sports, be outside after eight at night, and many other bans. They also had to wear a yellow star of David symbolizing they were Jewish (Frank 4). On Anne’s thirteenth birthday, she received a red checkered diary from her parents which …show more content…
Anne’s father Otto was the only survivor of the eight people hiding in the annex. After he was liberated, he went back to the annex to see if his daughters had survived and found Anne’s diary. When he learned of his daughter’s death he read Anne’s diary. “I didn’t really know my own child,” Otto Frank stated after finishing the diary (Berger). To honor his family and their deaths Otto allowed friends to read Anne’s diary. The friends that had read Anne’s diary tried to persuade Otto to have it published (Frank). He eventually had the diary published, but decided to remove some of the pages (Biography.com Editors). The book has been converted into movies and plays, and it has been rendered into over thirty languages since 1947 (Frank). The diary gives all of its readers a sense of hope. Anne was in a horrible situation, yet she was able to keep living and be happy during this time. Her family and the van Pels were also in this situation and even though supplies were low, they still allowed one more person to hide with them. Every night they would listen to the radio in hope there were reports of the Allies gaining more land and getting closer to liberating the families (Frank 48). Another theme of Anne’s diary was peace. The story showed how war negatively impacts people’s lives. The family had to go into hiding for over two years. Also, food was scarce and many people died of hunger and