Jan Gies

quote in her diary. During that time, she was in hiding because the Nazi’s were hunting down Jewish people and forcing them from their homes. Eventually the Nazis found Anne and her family, they perished in a concentration camp, but her friend Miep Gies kept her diary safe. This diary entry teaches us about her character. Anne was resilient, hopeful and optimistic, characteristics that led to Anne writing this famous quote. According to the dictionary, resilience is the capacity to recover…

Edith Hahn Beer was born in 1914 in Vienna to Leopold and Klothilde Hahn. She was the second of three girls. A very early age she read the newspaper, and had an interest in law and politics. A local teacher saw her interest and told her father that he should send her to the university, which was very unusual for a woman in Vienna during the 1930s. Edith had almost completed her degree when the process between Germany and Austria occurred. After the process she went back to take her last exam to…

known name such as Miep, Gies, however, is one that we should also remember. Miep Gies is a Christian woman who risks her life for two years helping to illegally hide those residing in the “Secret Annex”, namely Anne Frank. Her sacrifices for these Jewish families allows them to safely lead out their lives as chaos unfolds throughout Europe. Miep Gies’s diligence, thoughtfulness, and compassion prove her to be a brave heroine of the Holocaust. One of the traits of Miep Gies that is shown…

Reading about Anne Frank’s life certainly has changed my own in a large number of ways. Reading entries from the play and seeing the movie version affected myself by giving a different perspective on someone’s life experience, like how the Germans judged the Jews, but in the movie when the officers figured out about Anne and everybody in the annex they were rushing them to pack and to leave. But when Mr. Frank was getting his suitcase the officer asked him what was in it and how he had it…

Richard Cory: True vs Apperecur Happiness I was born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany. Me and my family are a middle class family and we are Jews. My father is Otto Frank and my mother is Edith Frank and my sister Margot. I go to a wonderful school and have lot of friends. But my father said that we will be moving to Amsterdam in a week which means I will have to make new friends all over again. A week has past and we are all packed ready to go to Amsterdam i said my goodbye to my…

camps. Anyone who even attempted to help Jewish friends and even neighbors from persecution and deportation could and most likely would be killed. These times called for some serious courage and Miep Gies is the perfect example of someone who displayed some serious moral courage. Furthermore, Miep Gies’ story is…

Anne's diary begins on her thirteenth birthday, June 12, 1942, and ends shortly after her fifteenth. At the start of her diary, Anne describes typical girlhood experiences, writing about her friendships with other girls, she crushes on boys, and her academic performance at school. After the German occupation anti-Semitic laws forced Jews into separate schools so, Anne and her older sister, Margot, attended the Jewish Lyceum in Amsterdam. Some bits of news catch Anne's attention and make their…

Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. Her family consisted of her father Otto Frank who she called Pim, her mother Edith Frank, and her sister Margot Frank. Anne’s full name was Anneliese Marie Frank, but she preferred just Anne. As a young girl Anne had a normal life and lived in an upper middle-class family. She moved to Amsterdam in 1933 where she attended Sixth Montessori School. She lived a perfectly normal childhood with plenty of friends. But that would all soon…

Imagine going into hiding for months or even years. Imagine having to be completely quiet most of the time because every little noise made could put everyone’s lives in danger. This was the life that many Jews had to live. In 1933, a man by the name of Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany and destroyed the lives of many innocent Jewish citizens. One of these people being a young girl named Anne Frank. Annelies Marie Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. Anne and her family went…

Victor Kugler and Johannes Kleiman, were thrown into a covered truck and arrested. All were forced to leave everything behind, and the Nazis would later claim all their valuables and possessions. Fortunately, the other aides who were not arrested, Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl, were able to sneak upstairs…