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    Thesis statement: Anne Frank was a young Jewish who was known for her diary that documented her life during the German Holocaust. Introduction: Attention getter: Imagine living in a confined space with 7 other people, and not having any contact with the outside world. Doesn’t sound fun right? Engage audience: I just described how Anne Frank, her family, and 4 others had to live for over a little over 2 years. Preview main points: Today, I will talk to you about Anne’s life before…

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    The Diary of Anne Frank is a nonfiction story almost like an autobiography. In the book Anne faces many hard times because they were in hiding during the holocaust. I think that the theme is that, you should try to be happy even if the situation you are in isn’t the best. Anne tries make the Annex a happy place like when it was Hanukkah and everyone was talking about how they could not get presents that year, and she said “Presents!“. That lifted the spirit of the holiday because everyone…

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    On September 2, 1945 , World War II was over. Jew’s finally came out of hiding, and was able to live their daily lives, without the fear of Hitler’s Anti- Jewish laws. But now, as the year 1947 rolls by, a dad was able to fulfil his little girl’s wish. That dad was Otto Frank. The Frank family was a Jewish family and was forced to live in hiding till the war was over. Otto’s youngest daughter, Anne, wrote a diary, and Otto published it making her wish come true, which was her being an author.…

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    Do you know who Anne Frank is? Anne Frank and her family were all Jewish during the time we call "The Holocaust". This time was also known as World War II, when they ally powers and the axis powers fought for the Jewish freedom and many other reasons. Adolf Hitler was the leader of this terrible movement and led an army of the Nazi's. He was the one that said he wanted all the Jewish dead. But a fun fact was that Hitler was Jewish himself. Otto Frank, Anne's dad created a safe place or zone for…

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    Anne Frank’s diary talks about the diary of a young Jewish child named Anne Frank who was forced to hide due to the persecution happening in Europe. The perspective of a 15-year old girl during the time of World War II was highlighted in the book. The thoughts, feelings, emotions, and events that happened in the life of Anne Frank living under unusual conditions were presented in the book. It also describes the perception of Anne Frank about herself, the people around her, and life in general as…

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    “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” This quote by J.K. Rowling shows what people must do to overcome adversity. They have to believe strongly that they can get through difficulties. The play “The Diary of Anne Frank” by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, follows the diary written by a young girl during World War II. Anne Frank is only thirteen when her father presents her with a diary, in which she documents what it is like to be a…

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    Imagine growing up in a small hidden space with multiple people. Anne Frank Beyond the Diary was written by Ruud Van der Rol and Rian Verhoeven. Anne Frank and Margot Frank were the two main characters. Born on June 12, 1929, Anne Frank was a German-Jewish teenager who was forced to go into hiding during the Holocaust. The Frank family with four other jewish neighbors, spent more than two years during World War II hiding in a secret small annex above her father’s place of work in Amsterdam.…

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    To me, survival means steadily persevering in front of challenges where you might face adversity and even death. Today survival is a lot different than it was 200 years ago. Anne and Krystyna had to face death because what they believed. But today surviving is in our area is staying out of dangerous areas and staying with good influences. The story that I think represented Anne’s the most was Krystyna’s story. Anne and Krystyna were able to use vital survival skills during the tragic and…

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    camps. Anne died in the concentration camps, but if she would have survived a few more days she could have survived the Holocaust. Once her father was set free from his camp, he went straight to the secret annex they were hiding in. As he found Miep Gies, a woman who helped the Frank's in hiding, she handed him Anne's diary. One quote from the diary that stood out was," In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart."…

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    Anne Frank was living in the annex for two years before she got caught , and was taken to concentration camps , as well as the other people in the annex. They were found on August 4th 1944 , and were shipped by train to their concentration camps on August 8th 1944 , most people in the annex were separated. Mrs.Frank died in camp Auschwitz. Anne and her sister Margot were separated from their mother, who was soon to die of exhaustion. Anne and Margot still managed to stay together until their…

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