Otto Frank Before The Nazis

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Jewish people was happy at first until the nazis came when the nazis came they took over with a dictator named Adolf Hitler he wanted all Jewish people to be gone and just be germans. So when the Franks found out they went into hiding in a place called the annex they let another family in as well called the van Danns they were a nice family. After a few years of hiding and they were finally caught but they were ready to go they got separated at different concentration camps but Otto Frank the father to Anne Frank and Margot Frank they both died at the same camp but otto Frank faked his sickness and went into the infirmary but by the time he got out it was all over.
Otto Frank was a survivor he who had to hide in the annex with a bunch

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