Diary Of Anne Frank Essay

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The Diary of Anne Frank

Luis César Lewis

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Anne Frank was a young girl born in June 12 of 1929 in Fankfurt, Germany. She had a a sister Margot Frank, a father Otto Frank and a mother Edith Frank they were all jews. They lived Germany until one day ther had to escape and they went to Amsterdam on 1933, the year the nazis gained control over Germany. Most of the jews that lived in Germany had to escape and the one who couldn't escape had to hide and most of them were found by the nazis and taken to concentration camps. Adolf Hitler the leader of the nazis didn't wanted jews in the world so when he gained control over Germany he tooked all the jews to concetration camps and most of them died.

On Friday 12 june it was Anne’s birthday and she woke up at six in the morning. She wasn't allowed to get up then, so she had to wait until quarter to seven. After 1940 the things started to became bad, war started and then the Germans arrived in Holland. At that times things started to change Under the new German laws:
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Van Daan’s bedroom and there is a small room for Peter, his son. In the Secret Annex they couldn't run, shout, talk loud, make noises. They couldn't make almost anything. Like that the days passed and passed a lot they have been in the Secret Annex almost a year and a dentist called Alfred Dussell was going to move to the Secret Annex with the franks and the Van Daans. Anne was happy another person was coming to live with them but she wasn't happy that Margot had to move to her parents bedroom so that Alfred could sleep with Anne. The room was very little. As the day passed in the annex the ones that lived there listened to the radio sothey could get information of the war and what happened in the concentration camps to the Jews and all

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