The Holocaust is remembered by all as several years full of nothing but death, persecution, and misery. One of the most well known people from the Holocaust is young Anne Frank and her diary. From 1942 to 1944 Anne was hidden in a Secret Annex along with her father Otto, her mother Edith, her sister Margo as well as the Van Pels family and Mr. Fritz Pfeffer. During their time in the annex their emotional, mental, and physical health were all negatively changed by their new living arrangement during the Holocaust.
Tensions ran high in the Secret Annex, and arguments often broke out among the eight people living in the cramped space. The movie depiction of Anne’s diary Anne Frank: The Whole Story shows the inhabitants of the annex getting easily …show more content…
When first moving into the annex Anne writes to her friend Jacque sayings “it's actually quite cozy here” and that maybe they could be happy there (Anne Frank: The Whole Story). However as time goes on Anne begins to long for the world outside. She says “I’m longing-so longing- for everything. To talk, for freedom, for friends, to be alone” and often talks about getting sick about the people she was forced to see everyday (Frank 151). Being in the annex forces Anne and the other children in the annex to grow up very quickly, and be mature far beyond their age. Before moving to the annex Anne was undoubtedly devoted to her father, he was her hero and that began to change. Anne develops the mentality that she can not trust someone unless she knows a lot about them. She “doesn’t feel that her father treats her as an individual and cant trust him because he reveals so little about himself” and this mentality hurts her parents very much ("The Occupants of Anne Frank's Secret Annex and Their Helpers." 1). Also, at the beginning of the war, Anne was always positive and was always looking towards the future. However, as the end of World War II ends her positive mentality falters, and turns to something that does not care what happens to her anymore. She once wondered if she were to “want to laugh about something should [she] stop herself quickly and feel ashamed that [she was] cheerful? Ought [she] then cry the whole day long?” however as time wore on, that was exactly what Anne began to do (Frank 55). She said that she had “reached that stage where she [does not] care much whether [she] lives or dies” and many of the others in the annex thought the same
Tensions ran high in the Secret Annex, and arguments often broke out among the eight people living in the cramped space. The movie depiction of Anne’s diary Anne Frank: The Whole Story shows the inhabitants of the annex getting easily …show more content…
When first moving into the annex Anne writes to her friend Jacque sayings “it's actually quite cozy here” and that maybe they could be happy there (Anne Frank: The Whole Story). However as time goes on Anne begins to long for the world outside. She says “I’m longing-so longing- for everything. To talk, for freedom, for friends, to be alone” and often talks about getting sick about the people she was forced to see everyday (Frank 151). Being in the annex forces Anne and the other children in the annex to grow up very quickly, and be mature far beyond their age. Before moving to the annex Anne was undoubtedly devoted to her father, he was her hero and that began to change. Anne develops the mentality that she can not trust someone unless she knows a lot about them. She “doesn’t feel that her father treats her as an individual and cant trust him because he reveals so little about himself” and this mentality hurts her parents very much ("The Occupants of Anne Frank's Secret Annex and Their Helpers." 1). Also, at the beginning of the war, Anne was always positive and was always looking towards the future. However, as the end of World War II ends her positive mentality falters, and turns to something that does not care what happens to her anymore. She once wondered if she were to “want to laugh about something should [she] stop herself quickly and feel ashamed that [she was] cheerful? Ought [she] then cry the whole day long?” however as time wore on, that was exactly what Anne began to do (Frank 55). She said that she had “reached that stage where she [does not] care much whether [she] lives or dies” and many of the others in the annex thought the same