...THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL : THE DEFINITIVE EDITION Anne Frank Edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler Translated by Susan Massotty -- : -BOOK FLAP Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century. Since its publication in 1947, it has been read by tens of millions of people all over the world. It remains a beloved and deeply admired testament to the indestructable nature of the human spirit. Restore in this Definitive Edition are diary entries that had been omitted from the original edition. These passages, which constitute 30 percent more material, reinforce the fact that Anne was first and foremost a teenage girl, not a remote and flawless symbol. She fretted about, and tried to copie with, her own emerging sexuality. Like many young girls, she often found herself in disagreement with her mother. And like any teenager, she veered between the carefree nature of a child and the full-fledged sorrow of an adult. Anne emerges more human, more vulnerable, and more vital than ever. Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the horrors of Nazi occupation, hid in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse for two years. She was thirteen when the family went into the Secret Annex, and in these pages she grows to be a young woman and a wise observer of human nature as well. With unusual insight, she reveals the relations between eight people living under extraordinary conditions, facing hunger, the ever-present threat of discovery and death, complete...
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...that’s still left in an around you and be happy.” This quote is by Anne Frank, a girl of Jewish descent who experienced first hand the harsh realities of the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a catastrophic event that shook the entire world, as Adolf Hitler demanded the execution of several million European Jews. Hitler deemed the Jews as those of an inferior race who served as a threat to purity of the German community according to history.com. On biography.com it indicated that Anne’s real name was Annelies Marie Frank. It also stated that she was born on June 12, 1929. She was born in Frankfurt, Germany but as anti-semitic pressures increased in their home country they moved to the Netherlands. Anne lived with her two parents and her sister, Margot, in Amsterdam in the time leading up to Nazi Occupation preceding WWII. During World War II, Anne Frank and her family went into hiding along with another family when she was thirteen as to avoid persecution by the Nazis. They remained in hiding for two years, during which Anne documented her thoughts and feelings into a red-checkered diary that she received for her 13th birthday. This diary became the famous work we know today as The Diary of Anne Frank. The Frank family’s hiding place was discovered when she was fifteen and her entire family was shipped to the Auschwitz death camp. Her family was then separated and sent to different concentration camps. Anne...
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...Letters From Rifka by Karen Hesse is about a Jewish girl named Rifka, who knows nothing about America when she flees from Russia in 1919. In her own imagination, she will be at last safe from the Russian soldiers and their harsh treatment of the Jews in the new country. However, Rifka caught ring worm when their family were transferring from Poland to America. Therefore, she was told to stay in Europe until she was totally cured. After dealing the disease, Rifka was finally allowed to continue her journey. “Why is it, that in Russia, no matter what the trouble, the blame always falls upon the Jews?” Rifka wrote in her diary. As the novel progresses, Rifka learns that when there is a will, there’s a way. At the beginning of the novel, Rifka’s parents decide to move their family from Russia because they were being persecuted along with all Jewish citizens. At that time it was difficult to get papers permitting Jewish people to leave the country. Rifka writes, “I’ve never been to another country before, not even in another village.” Rifka knows nothing about the world outside her village. Unfortunately, a complicating factor was that Rifka’s brother was being hunted by soldiers because he escaped from the army. As a result, in order for Rifka and her family to depart on their trip to America, she has to distract the men searching the train for Nathan and stood in front of them. They began to question her. How ever, there were only a few minutes before the train was due to depart...
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...The Diary of A Young Girl is a book about Anne Frank, a thirteen year old girl who is forced to go into hiding with her family. They hide in a small secret annex above Otto Frank’s (her father) office where they had food and supplies in stock. She names her diary Kitty, and writes in it for almost two years. Some news from the radio makes it into her diary, her friendship with Peter van Daan – a teenage boy also in hiding with Anne- as well as her feelings about living In the annex with her family, another family known as the van Daan’s as well as a companion, Mr.Dussel. Anne begins her diary by saying that she wants to confide in the journal like no other. She has never been able to confide in someone like she wants to in this diary that she received for her thirteenth birthday. She starts writing on Sunday June 14th, 1942. In the first section of the diary, she writes about her childhood- her family moved to Holland because her father found a job with a Dutch company. She also has a German background, but is Jewish. She attended a Jewish Lyceum there. She introduces her friends, and all the fun activities she does with them like getting ice cream, going on ferries, and gets treats from secret admirers. She explains how she has some family still in Germany, some who fled to North America, and how her grandmother came with her family to Holland. Anne reveals that the Germans are making all the Jews wear big yellow starts on their shirts so they are easily pointed out. In...
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...Stella Liebeck: Ausgesorgt durch einen Becher Kaffee Die wohl bekannteste moderne Sage über das amerikanische Schadensersatzrecht lautet etwa so: Die 81-jährige Stella Liebeck erhielt 4,5 Millionen US-Dollar zugesprochen, weil sie sich bei McDonalds einen Becher Kaffee über den Leib schüttete. Das Gericht begründete dies damit, dass sie nicht auf die Tatsache hingewiesen worden sei, dass der Kaffee heiß ist. Diese Geschichte kennt sowohl dies- als auch jenseits des großen Teiches jedes Kind. Sie kursiert per E-Mail, in Foren und Zeitungen und scheint das Musterbeispiel für das verquere amerikanische Rechtssystem darzustellen: “Kipp dir einen Kaffee über die Hose, und du bist reich.” Eines macht diese Geschichte tatsächlich speziell: Sie hat einen wahren Kern, nämlich den, dass Frau Liebeck sich tatsächlich an einem McDonalds-Kaffee verletzte. Der Rest der Geschichte ist eine Mischung aus Über- und Untertreibung – Wer die tatsächlichen Umstände kennt, dem wird sie kaum noch als Beleg für dafür gelten, das amerikanische Juristen nicht ganz richtig im Kopf sein können. Die Fakten Eines schönen Tages brachte die 79-jährige Stella Liebeck Ihren Enkel frühmorgens zum Flughafen in Albuquerque. Weil sie es nicht mehr geschafft hatte, zu Hause zu früshtücken, hielt sie auf dem Rückweg bei McDonalds, um sich dort einen Kaffee mitzunehmen. Der Kaffee, den Frau Liebeck im sich bei McDonalds kaufte und im Auto zwischen die Knie Klemmte, hatte eine Temperatur von 80° C. Flüssigkeiten...
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...Anne Frank began writing in her diary on June 12, 1942. She received her diary as a birthday present from her father. She writes in her diary for two years, during the hiding from the Nazi’s. Anne lived with 7 other people in the attic of her Father’s, Otto “Pim” Frank, former business. She expresses to us her feelings, thoughts, and her day-to-day routine. As Anne continued to write in her diary, we ascertain that Anne changes and become more mature. Anne also falls in love with Peter van Daan. She talks about their relationship and describes their conversations. In the beginning, Anne was immature and innocent. She was moody and sometimes too opinionated. She tends to annoy most of the people in the secret annex. Anne and her mother’s...
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...pressure and scared to be taken by the Nazis. They started out in the hiding for a few months and then that turned into years. As the time passed the historical events that occured changed the moods of the characters and changed the characters themselves. Soon as the Jewish rights began changing slowly for Anne and her family they knew the Nazis were looking for the Jewish. They used to live like normal people until they found out and went into hiding. According to Mrs.Frank, “The invasion has come!” “We’re going to be liberated!” (Hackett ,180) What's happening is Mr.Frank and them are scared that they are going to be taken which makes them all apologize for everything while they can. “We’ve all done things we’re ashamed of.” (Hackett , 181) This shows the characters change because Mr.Frank and everyone else start to apologize. Now that they know the invasion is coming they are scared. Before the invasion came they were somewhat...
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...someone who carries the same persona as Mr. Frank. In the play "The Diary of Anne Frank" we are introduced to several main characters, two of whom I chose as my least favorite and favorite character. These characters include Mr. Frank and his daughter Anne Frank. Initially, as we read through the lines of each main character the reader can visualize that both characters greatly differ in personality. On one hand, Anne Frank is a disrespectful person who has an annoying personality; whereas, Mr. Frank is very caring, respectful and considerate even with the living conditions that he underwent. Thus, all things considering, Mr. Frank...
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...Imagine a war was happening in your city and all you heard were bombs and missiles, this is was the life of a brave 13 year old girl. THE DIARY OF A YOUNG Girl by Anne Frank is a Nonfiction diary which is about a girl named Anne Frank, she tis 13 years old and is hiding from the Nazi’s, who want to take her and her family to the concentration camps which will eventually kill her, but she is was being brave. Anne Frank’s purpose is to document her experience in the annex and what she was doing to stay optimistic. Anne Frank is being brave in the secret annex, where she was hiding to not get found by the Nazie who want to kill her because Hitler wanted “the perfect commentary” and that didn’t include Jewish people, ”Oh, kitty the best part of...
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...Anne Frank and her diary have become an international wonder; people feel like they truly know the eight Annex members. I have the tragic luck being able to say I knew all of them so well. The van Pels parents always stood out to me when I visited the Annex. They were so ill-natured and could easily stop a crowd. In this case, Mr. Hermann van Pels was the vulgar personality I wanted to try to show more of. Hermann wasn’t brought up much in Anne's diary. Unless, of course, when he was fighting with his wife or trying to appease her. He said, “Are you suggesting that my wife is wrong?!” when discussing who would cut cake. He also had consuming arguments with her over the littlest details. After one particularly disgusting argument, Hermann...
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...Anne frank was a Jewish girl who went into hiding for two years, in fear of being sent away to a camp, or suffer a slow, painful death in a gas chamber during the Holocaust. Was she captured or kept hidden away? This is her first person experience of the Holocaust based on her diary “The diary of Anne Frank “. Anne Frank was a young, adventurous, and religious girl born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. She was mischievous and curious. But soon Germany became a dangerous place for Jews, and , Margot, Annes sister, received a deportation letter and her family figured out that if they hide in Otto’s(Anne’s dad) annex behind his office workplace, they can stay alive and together for a few more years. Thusly, on her 13th birthday, Anne...
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...Where you can not make sound during the day, or you risk getting caught. Well that is what life was like for 8 jews hiding in the Secret Annex hiding from the Nazis. The members of the Annex were the Franks, the Van Daans, Mr.Dussel, and also Mr. Kraler and Miep are two people who worked with Mr. Frank who risked their lives to help them while they were in hiding. Anne is the daughter of Mrs. and Mr. Frank. Anne shows courage by being bright, even when her relationship with the others were lacking in support, and could not do what she longed to do. Anne’s relationship with everyone in the Annex differed from each other. Anne’s relationship with her mother was not the best. Anne believed that her mother did not understand her. Her mother did not like the way Anne acted while they were in the Annex. Anne wrote down in her diary that she did...
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...malnourished and other sicknesses. Miep was only supposed to stay for 3 months, but she loved her adopted family so much she stayed with them and moved to Amsterdam with them. Miep finished high school at 18 and began an a job at a textile company until she was laid off at age 24 due to the great depression. After several months she interviewed for a job at Nederlandsche Opekta, a jam making company. She was interviewed by Otto Frank and after passing her jam-making test she worked for him. In 1940 Miep was forced to move back to her...
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...that hides in the annex along with the Franks and who had worked with Otto Frank in Amsterdam. He shows his talent as an herbal specialist when the family receives a large amount of meat. According to Anne, he is intelligent, opinionated, pragmatic, and somewhat egotistical. Anne considers him to be an insufferable know-it-all, though she reserves the majority of her ire for his wife. Mr. van Daan is temperamental, speaks his mind openly, and is not afraid to cause friction, especially with his wife, with whom he fights frequently and openly. Mrs. van Daan - Mrs. van Daan is one person that Anne can’t stand. She’s belligerent and selfish, always instigates fights, and rarely helpful. She is a fatalist and can be petty, egotistical, flirtatious, stingy, and disagreeable. Mrs. van Daan frequently complains about the family’s situation—criticism that Anne does not admire or respect.Her character does not seem to change over time. She is jealous of Anne’s relationship with her son, wanting Peter to confide in her rather than in Anne. However, Mrs. van Daan does have a few strong points. She occasionally can be reasonable and backs down from fights, is generally neat and tidy, and is often easier for Anne to approach than her own mother. Peter van Daan - Through Anne’s eyes at the beginning of her diary, Peter is lazy and has a weak character. He’s also shy and extremely awkward. But a year and a half after they’ve been in hiding, Anne suddenly starts to notice that Peter...
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...liquidation was in progress depending who you were, such as a journalist or politician because of intelligence. My family had been split up to different camps, my mother was sent to auschwitz,while my father was sent to Dachau and i was sent to Bergen-Belsen in 1943. I knew my mother would not be seen again because auschwitz was a death camp and my father was at a labor camp but chances of survival were very slim , I began to assume i would never see my family again which now meant i was all alone. I was sent to a holding camp where not only jews were imprisoned, there were also prisoners of war such as soviets about 50,000 of them. While the guards were calling our names, i spotted a girl i soon became very close friends with. Her name was anne frank who was 14 years old , she was with her sister margot who was 3 years older than her. We were separated into two different sections of...
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