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    The Diary of a Young Girl (The Diary of Anne Frank) is one of the most shocking testimonies about anti-Semitism during the II. World War. A little girl Anne Frank received a diary on her 13. birthday and from the twelfth of June, 1942 until the first of August, 1944 she wrote down all of her experiences. After being published, her diary was used as a base for many plays and movies. Anne Frank was a happy and chatty girl that celebrated her thirteenth birthday on June the twelfth, 1942. As a…

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    Miep Gies: A Short Story

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    To illustrate, the Holocaust began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. However, it came to an end when the Nazis were defeated by the Allied powers in 1945. This was a very tough and critical time especially for Jewish people. Approximately two-thirds of the Jews living in Europe were killed by the Nazis and about 11 million people were killed in all, six million of these were Jews. These poor people were put in all kinds of different camps, including concentration, extermination…

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    Anne Frank Essay “Over 1.1 million children died in the Holocaust” (Lehnardt). All of these poor children had a life, a family, a goal, and all the other things that life offered. But because of one man, Adolf Hitler, their hopes and dreams were crushed. Especially since children were particularly targeted because if they lived, they would be the next generation of Jews(Lehnhardt). Among these poor children, was Anne Frank. Even though the Holocaust was a terrible event, if it wouldn’t of…

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    Isolation

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    huge purpose in our lives. They are meant to help us learn from our mistakes or chase our dreams. In The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, there are three important themes that stand out. Isolation, identity, and family all are very important and have an effect on Anne and the story. Being isolated from the world can be pretty scary. In The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne feels isolated and cut off from her family and the other members of the Secret Annex, even while the group is crammed…

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    Anne Frank Legacy

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    days before she was taken captive by the Nazis, Anne Frank wrote, “I want to go on living even after my death! And that 's why I 'm so grateful to God for having given me this gift, which I can use to develop myself and to express all that 's inside me” (Frank 249, 251). Anne’s hope was that she could create her own legacy through her writing. Anne Frank enlightens the world through her wisdom, though she never knew her work was published. Anne Frank inspires many because she continues to enable…

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    Miep Gies Is A Hero Essay

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    The Holocaust, it was a huge event in national history, and it affected thousands of people. In June of 1942, with the dreaded situation for the Jews, the Franks decided to go into hiding in secret in their office building. Along with a few others, Miep Gies agreed to be a "helper," to them, by bringing them food that she would collect from different food sources, with illegal ration cards her husband had procured as part of the Dutch resistance. Miep and her colleagues also made sure that the…

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    The diary of Anne frank recently celebrated its 70th anniversary on January 1, 2016. Nevertheless, after seventy years of publication, there are still some issues with the text. The Diary of a Young Girl is, as the name implies, a diary. This fact brings up a number of issues with the publications of this text. Throughout the seventy years of publications, this diary has had various versions, published in many languages. Anne’s father, Otto Frank, edited these versions in order to maximize their…

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    Anne Frank, a sixteen-year-old girl in hiding, withstands many experiences during the Holocaust. She and her family sheltered inside a secret annex during the ordeal, the Holocaust, arguably one of the most devastating acts to happen in history. During this time, she recorded her emotions, the situations the family experienced, her point of view and adulthood. Anne recorded the events in a diary transferred over from their old residence, labeled as ‘Kitty’. Anne, unfortunately, died from a…

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    Annelies Frank is the most memorable victim of the Holocaust. At only thirteen years old she received her diary as a birthday present and used it as a way to cope with conditions of being in hiding- of being alone. Her diary has become the most read novel pertaining to the Holocaust. She left a legacy of the horrid things that the Nazis did during their reign and although she never intended it to do such, she wrote something that eventually was translated into 67 languages, has been read by…

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    Anne Frank, wrote a diary that has affected the world by showing how she was just a normal girl who wanted to be her true self. Her diary was the only place she could really be herself (Frank 1). Anne’s one dream for her diary was that it would become a book. She strived for that and wrote that she wanted to be famous and help others. Anne Frank’s influence on World War Two was based on her life, her experiences in hiding, and her diary. Anne Frank’s life was full of hard times and persecution.…

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