Comparing The Diary Of Anne Frank Family And World War II Timeline

In the play “The Diary of Anne Frank” and the timeline “Frank Family and World War II Timeline” they both discuss the traumatic events of World War II. “The Diary of Anne Frank” talks more about Anne Frank, her family, and friends that go into hiding. The timeline “Frank Family and World War II Timeline” discuss the events of World War II. The audience may learn many things from the play and the timeline but in different ways. The play “The Diary of Anne Frank”, is about Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl living in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. Fearing they’d be captured and sent to a concentration camp, the Franks went into hiding. Anne, the young thirteen-year-old girl kept a diary and filled it with emotion and events of things that happened while she was in hiding. From the diary, the audience learns more detail about how precautious they must be when hiding so no one will find them. “Shh! I can hear a man’s voice talking.” (Act 1: Scene 3, paragraph 151). The audience also learns how hopeful Anne gets in her diary entries. “We’re all in much better spirits these days. There’s still excellent news of the invasion. The best part about it is that I have to feel that friends are coming…” …show more content…
The timeline also discusses what happened after the war. From the timeline, the reader can learn when Adolf Hitler came to power and how this war came to be. “January 1933: Adolf Hitler comes to power in Germany...September 1, 1939: Germany invades Poland, triggering the beginning of World War II.”, “Frank Family and World War II Timeline”. The reader can also learn about specifically when things happened. “September 3, 1944: All eight of those who hid in the attic are deported from the Netherlands to Auschwitz death camp.”, “Frank Family and World War II