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    The Holocaust was a great genocide during World War II where six million Jews and other minority groups were persecuted and massively murdered. Out of the countless people that attempted to escape Nazi oppression, the story of Otto Frank and his wife, Edith Frank along with their two daughters, Anne and Margot has spread awareness of the victims of the Holocaust. The Diary of Anne Frank is a prominent recollection of the experiences that go in depth of how their life was and the interconnections…

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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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    “We don’t need the Nazis to destroy us. We’re destroying ourselves.” (559). These words of Mr. Frank show the many multifarious character traits he possesses. In the play The Diary of Anne Frank, the dramatists, Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, show Mr. Frank as an optimistic leader (authoritative) that has all of the qualities necessary to hold everyone in the Annex together. Some character traits that Mr. Frank has that makes him a good leader are intelligent (logical), forgiving, and…

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    In The Diary of Anne Frank, the novel starts off by Anne Frank, herself, celebrating her thirteenth birthday and is given a diary of her own. She describes all of her friends from school that attend her birthday party in a hysterical way. Anne describes her sense of loneliness and feels as if she has no one to confide in. She decides to call this special diary “Kitty.” Anne writes about her family and teaches the reader that she has a mother, father and an older sister named Margot, and that the…

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    The author of The Diary of A Young Girl is an adolescent Jewish girl named Anne Frank. Despite her many friends and “strings of boy friends”, she feels lonely and believes she does not have a true friend who she can share her feelings with. She writes, “I don’t seem to lack anything. But it’s the same with all my friends, just fun and joking, nothing more” (Frank 3). Anne Frank is quick-witted and talkative, which can get her into trouble sometimes. Because of her outspoken and loud personality,…

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    Anne Wolff Thesis

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    Renate Wolff. What does that name mean to you? Do you think that she was just a random girl in the past, or the present? Do you think that she was part of something important or did she stand in the shadows? Or, do you think that Renate Wolff was a shy, small girl? She, like many, was part of the Holocaust and one of the 1.5 million Jewish children who were killed or murdered during the 1930s and 1940s. Renate was a little girl in the past who stood in the shadows, and was part of a huge…

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    Diary Of Anne Frank Diary

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    Anne Frank Who was Anne Frank? Anne Frank was a young girl who had went through a hard time. Her diary was a way of getting out of everything around her. She used her diary to express her feelings not only impacting her ,but others from all over the world. Anne Frank will never be forgotten for her remarkable childhood, for her inspirational diary ,and her fate at the end. Anne Frank's childhood To begin with, Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. Her parents were Otto…

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    People all around the world have had to respond to conflict at least once or twice in their lives whether they are just a normal everyday citizen or in some branch of the military. One example of conflict is World War Two when most of the world was at war with the Nazi's. In World War Two there was a young girl named Anne Frank who lived in hiding during the war so she would not be sent to a death camp. People should best respond to conflict by lying , hiding from conflict and writing about…

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    Britain's "THe Sun" newspaper has embarrased the royal family with their front page article and photo titled "Their Royal Heilnesses". The title refers to rare footage that has cropped up, showingthe late Queen Mother, and daughter Queen Elizabeth II raising their right hand in the Nazi salute. The footage was filmed in the 1930's. Buckingham Palace is conducting an investigation as to how The Sun obtained the rare footage; if the footage was obtained illegaly legal action may be taken against…

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    Annelies Marie Frank (also known as Anne Frank) is a Holocaust victim and famous diarist. “I keep my ideas, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart” - Anne Frank. Even though people may have a bad persona they could be really good at heart/ a soft spot. Anne may have been trouble in the past but she seemed that she had a good place in her heart for certain people. Anne Frank was an important figure in history because of the diary that she kept during…

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