The Annex: The Effect Of Anne Frank And Its Effect On Society

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In Germany 1933 to 1945 6 million innocent people were killed.A young girl named Anne Frank along with her family and the Van Daan family were kept in the secret annex for 25 months without going outside.The only way to know what was happening outside was from the radio or the people who were helping them(named Miep and Mr.Kraler)told them.Knowing these things strongly affected everyone in the annex.Due to historic events the moods and actions of the characters within the secret annex changed.
The mood was a big thing that changed constantly within the annex.Mrs.Frank and the Van Daans were in a heated argument, but when they heard this there whole mood changed within the annex.”British,Americans,French,Dutch,Poles,Norwegians...all of them!More

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