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performance at school. Because anti-Semitic laws forced Jews into separate schools, Anne and her older sister, Margot, attended the Jewish Lyceum in Amsterdam. The Franks had moved to the Netherlands in the years leading up to World War II to escape persecution in Germany. After the Germans invaded the Netherlands in 1940, the Franks were forced into hiding. With another family, the van Daans, and an acquaintance, Mr. Dussel, they moved into a small secret annex above Otto Frank’s…

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…

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…

a message hidden between the lines, a theme that can help us out in the real world. Themes are meant to serve a 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

In the movie The Diary Of Anne Frank you meet different characters with different traits. For example, Peter Van Daan was introduced in the movie. At first he is quiet and shy. When Anne and Peter first met, Peter was hesitant to talk to anyone which led to his mother having to introduce him. Another character that is introduce in the film was Mr. Kraler. Mr. Kraler is the “protector ” of the group. He is also a leader and he would do anything to protect everyone living in the annex. For example…

How The War Changed Anne Anne Frank was an average teenage girl, with a twist. Although she was going through the same emotional and physical changes any 13 year old would, Anne was living in what could be described as the most gruesome, and life-taking genocide in history- The Holocaust. The Frank family had lived a happy life as Jews. Anne and her sister, Margot going to school everyday, and their parents, Otto and Edith tending to work around the house and Otto working at his business.…