Otto Frank

"A small fact: You are going to die" That is the first thing Death says in Markus Zusak's The Book Thief. A story told during WWII, this novel takes you on a journey into the life of the protagonist, Liesel Meminger, an orphaned child who is raised in a house where Jewish people aren't a disgrace. This story dives into Liesel's life, her friends and her growing passion for reading. The Book Thief has everything, from its unconventional use of characterization to its beautiful symbolic messages…

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 tragedy that impacted everyone in the world. Anne Frank once said, “Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.” Renate, Anne, and I have never met, but if we did, I think we would be good friends. We would be good friends because we have all gone…

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 their conflicts. Lying is a way that can get you out of harmful or life threatening situations. In the book Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl the Van Dan's lied about staying in the secret Annex. “Lying becomes a convenient…

tales of survival and making it out alive from the past, especially in times of prejudice and warfare. One of the worst cases in history of prejudice, in our case against Jews, and warfare is World War II. Krystyna, a young Jewish child, and Anne Frank both went through this tough time, and even though one didn’t make it out alive, their tales are inspiring and…

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…

Edith Cavell was a nurse and a spy( to her country). She had nursed over 200 Allied soldiers and helped them escape the German- covered Belgium to the front lines. She was killed by a firing squad due to this on October 12, 1915. Edith Cavell was born on December 4, 1865 in Swardeston, a small village that is located near Norwich located in England. She had three younger siblings: Florence, Lilian and John. Her father was The Reverend Frederick Cavell and her mother was Louisa Sophia. She never…

Could you imagine having to suffer the way that Anne Frank did during the Holocaust? Well, The Diary of A Young Girl is a book about a girl and her family are forced to go into hiding in a secret Annex because Hitler and the Nazi army are treating Jews poorly and even killing them for their religion. The social issues in The Diary of A Young Girl are that they are discriminated because they are Jews and Hitler hates them. The first part of Hitler’s plan was that he starting was discriminating…

In this essay, I will be comparing the Diary Of Anne Frank play by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich to the original published diary of Anne Frank. I will talk about the differences and similarities in each piece. In Anne’s diary, it starts out in Anne’s original house, and she receives her diary on her 13th birthday. In the play, it starts as the Franks are getting to the hiding place, and Anne receives her diary as a gift from her dad in a box. I think that the people who wrote the play…

The door downstairs slammed. Feet were heard coming up the stairs. The cladder of people shuffling to get into the annex, was clear. We had been found. We have been hiding in our annex for two years. We had two families, us, the Franks, and the van Daans. Life is hard in hiding, but it is about to get a lot worse. The Nazi police yelled at us to get only a small bag of clothes, and anything else was to be considered as a threat. We were pushed down the stairs, and I heard a gunshot from upstairs…

I read Anne Frank’s Tales From The Secret Annex, written by Michel Mok, wich was about a girl named Anne Frank and her sacrifices she did to save her life. She was a young mademoiselle that lived an everyday life until the Germans took over there country. She was forced to hide in a secret annex hoping no German soldier would catch her. Anne Frank once said, “The Annex is an ideal place to hide in. It may be damped and lopsided, but there's probably not more comfortable hiding place in all of…