What Is The Hiding Place In The Diary Of Anne Frank

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One of the main events in the book, The Diary of Anne Frank, was their first day being in hiding. Their hiding place was at Mr. Franks work, which was a warehouse. When they got up to the top level of warehouse building they were met by Anne’s sister Margot whom they were happy to see. Margot had left earlier than her parents and sister Anne so it wouldn’t look suspicious to anyone. Between the hours of 8:30 and 12:30 they would have to be extreamily quite for the workers were below them working and if they were to hear anything they may be suspicious. At 12:30 the workers left for lunch and during this time Anne and her father decided to start cleaning and organizing because everywhere you went it was all cluttered with junk and dusty. Another

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