...were killed during the holocaust. 6 million of those victims were jewish " Annelies Marie Frank a jewish girl went into hiding during World War I to avoid the Nazis.Anne and seven other people were hiding in a secret annex on the Prinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam. A little after two years in hiding they were discovered and deported to concentration camps. Anne’s father named Otto Frank, is the only one of the eight people to survive. After her death Anne became famous for the diary she wrote of her personal experiences in hiding. June 12, 1929 Anne was born, In the town of Frankfurt, Germany. Her father’s family lived here for generations. Anne’s had a sister named Margot. Otto Frank her father and the mother Edith. As the economy and war got bigger an Hitler’s power started rising , the family along with many other German Jews decides to leave Germany along with their almost perfect life....
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...Youth, inspiration, and enthusiasm, were all traits of the young woman named Anne Frank. This young girl was living in what was known as the Holocaust. The Holocaust was basically a time period where Hitler, a discriminating dictator, had blamed the loss of world war one on the innocent religion of Judaism. As a punishment for making Germany lose world war one, Hitler and his harlequin worshippers tracked down people of the Jewish religion and sent them to work camps. These camps were eventually named concentration camps. These were not enjoyable and soothing, for they were areas meant for backbreaking, manual labor where dignity, honor, and credence in a marvelous world, would wander off to die an agonizing death. Problematically, Anne...
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...Anne Frank was the most influential person of the 20th century because of the way she explained what was going on of World War II. Her diary explained how Jew’s was going through a horrible experience. Anne Frank influenced people learning how discrimination was affected during the 1940’s. Anne Frank gave people by giving a little knowledge about her life was, emotional impact, history how Nazis treated the Jew’s, her showing her bravery, and Anne Frank helped the world understand that 6 million Jews was killed in the Holocaust. By Anne famous diary, Anne Frank helped the world understand that 6 million Jews was killed in the Holocaust. Since the persecution of Jew’s in the Netherlands was extremely similar to the early persecution of Jew’s in Germany, the Franks could foresee that just like it had for the Jew’s in Germany. Anne Frank gave people by giving a little knowledge about her life emotion impact. Anne and her family lived in the secret Annex for three years with 8 people; 1994 all 8 people had been arrested sent to Auschwitz and was all split up. Anne was 13 years old when she and her family went in hiding. That did not stop her from being who she was very strong and brave. She also influenced people about Nazis conquering. She helped teach people that the Holocaust died in that camp, it was a horrible thing. Without her diary the world would never know the intensity of the pain and suffering abused during this time. Anne Frank was born in 1929...
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...events that reflected the play in the Diary of Anne Frank was that the world war had affected the lives of others because of the power of hitler . The Holocaust was the systematic, regulatory, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. Holocaust is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire." The Nazis, who came to power in Germany in January 1933, believed that Germans were "racially “ and that the Jews, deemed "inferior," were an alien threat to the so-called German community. The historical events that reflected in the play the diary of Anne frank are that Anne Frank's life has impacted the lives of others because her family background, Anne's time in hiding, and what she expressed in her famous diary all have taken place in the Holocaust. Anne Frank was a German-Jewish diarist. She was known for the diary she wrote while hiding from anti-Jewish persecution in Amsterdam during World War II. Her diary describes with...
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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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...The diary of a young girl The holocaust for everyone was a terrible thing and horrible things happened to innocent people all because of the Nazis. Then why pick the Jewish people for random reasons? What was the point of the struggle and fights? Was it worth it? Why take away adults lives and children’s like Anne Frank? Anne Frank was just an ordinary girl during the holocaust, but with her diary and the information that was given away, and how well written the diary was she became famous in our century. How Anne frank describes everything as she did and how she told the story she made the diary so explainable. Could such a thing happen again, the Holocaust could happen again? Our decision defines us from making the choices that could help...
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...One cannot fathom the difficulty a young girl would face growing up during a time of war and chaos. In the autobiographies Persepolis and The Dairy of a Young Girl, the reader is shown that both main characters Marjane Satrapi and Anne Frank lived similar yet different lives. Their lives, as told in their autobiographies, consisted of adversity, cultural conflicts, and political issues, while after their novels were published both Anne and Marjane rose to fame. Anne, born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt Germany, shares her personal experiences and first-hand encounters during World War II in her novel. Anne along with her upper-middle-class family; which included her mother Edith, father Otto and sister Margot, fled Nazi persecution of Jews and went into hiding for two years. Her...
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...about how hard and miserable Anne Frank’s life was since she only lived up to a 16 year old girl? Did you ever think about her childhood? Was her life the same as it was in the Annex? How Anne almost lived her dreadful life in the concentration camp? Anne Frank was a strong and determined girl. Who changed mankind’s point of view through her diary. Anne Frank was born June 12, 1929. According to the book, “Anne Frank the Diary of a Young Girl” was the second daughter of Otto Frank and Edith Frank-Holländer. She had a sister named Margot who was three years old at the time of her birth. Anne was a German Jewish teenager who was forced to go hide in a secret Annex during the Holocaust. “Her family and two other families, spent over two years, during World War II, hiding in an Annex of rooms which was above her father’s office in Amsterdam”, as written in the article ”Who is Anne?”(1). Since her diary was first published in 1947, Anne’s diary has become one of the most powerful memories of the Holocaust. Its message of courage and hope in the face of adversity has reached millions. Anne Frank’s story is especially meaning full to young people today (Thomas). As written in her diary Anne Frank’s life was difficult because Anne was always tempted to walk outside in the sunlight instead of being in an Annex all day. On July 13, 1942 (seven days after the Franks arrived in the Annex), the Van Pels family (called the Van Daans in Anne's published diary) arrived at the Secret Annex...
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...Anne Frank It was a horrific experience for the Jewish people in Europe during the Holocaust. Anne Frank was a young victim of the time period who shared her experiences in a diary. Her family was forced to leave their native land of Germany and travel to Amsterdam where they sought temporary safety. Surrounded by social chaos, she relied on writing as a form of comfort. Anne became dependent upon her diary as a survival strategy. Her writings demonstrate evidence of positive thinking even with the social suffering and humiliation of Jewish people, environmental obstacles faced by her family, and the emotional rollercoaster for having to deal with social injustice and absurdity of the time. Anne Frank suffered socially throughout the Holocaust...
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...page of a “Diary of a Young girl,” consists of Anne Frank’s resilience. Her bravery has been known throughout the world for over 70 years. The three crucial ways Anne was resilient during times of desperate measures was she was very flexible from day one, she had perseverance to overcome her challenges and she used creativity to produce inspiring thinking. Anne Frank was a jewish girl who wrote a diary documenting her life while she was hiding in the secret annex. She is the most well known victim from the Holocaust because of her diary. From 1942-1944 Anne and her family spent their days hiding in the attic of the building her father worked in, until they were betrayed in August 1944. Although she did not survive the Holocaust, the mark...
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...Emma Contreras March, 6, 2024 8M Holocaust Research Paper “Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator, but, above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.” Yehuda Bauer, a Holocaust survivor, stated this inspirational quote. It is stating that no one should have to be a victim of any difficult situation, and no one should be the one doing it to someone. However, the worst of all is being a bystander. You should do something about it, not just watch it happen. This relates to the Holocaust. The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah in Hebrew, was a time when Jews were discriminated against. Germany was in serious financial trouble due to the effects of World War I and the Treaty of Versailles. Germany needed somebody to blame for their...
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...Anne Frank was a Jewish teenager who was forced into hiding at age thirteen during the Holocaust. She hid in a secret annex located behind Anne’s father’s office. She lived in the annex for about two years with her immediate family along with four others. During this time she wrote in her diary about her thought and experiences. The annex was mentally and physically detrimental due to the lack of nutrition, bad living conditions, and constant exposure to tension. The Diary of a Young Girl is the translated version of Anne Frank’s diary. It gives insight of what life was like through the eyes of a mature teenager. In her diary, Anne has a list of rules and conditions of the annex in which she is staying in. She called it the “Prospectus and...
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...ANNE FRANK - A POSITIVE ATTITUDE HELPS WITH TRIALS People that have a positive attitude are the ones more likely than ever to endure a trial than anyone else who does not have a positive attitude. This fact was especially true in World War II because it helped many people in the concentration camps to endure. In fact, some who endured with a positive attitude became a Holocaust survivor. The theme of "The Diary of Anne Frank" reveals that from childhood to adulthood that having a positive attitude is relevant today when times get harder. Anne did not did not complain or become bitter about hiding or her situation in life. That fact was really commendable for Anne to have a positive attitude because she was living in the time period of the holocaust. Even though the Nazis were cruel, she still believed that there is good in people. In the Drama: "The Diary of Anne Frank", it says: "I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart." (Frank 1). This quote is a good example of maintaining a positive attitude because Anne...
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...The Diary of a Young Girl showed that a 13 year old girl can have heroic qualities and furthermore that anyone, with the right personality and attitude can inspire others and be a hero. This young girl’s actions are inspirational to many types of people in different situations in helping them get through their troubles. Furthermore, her writing is effective in positively affecting people to be able to handle the trials in their life. This young girl was Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank. Anne Frank endured hiding out through the holocaust while remaining positive, patient, courageous and full of spirit. Anne Frank was an average teenage girl whose thoughts and actions proved her to be heroic and inspirational. She was a German Jewish girl born in 1929 who suffered through the Holocaust. During the Holocaust, there was a Jewish genocide where approximately 6 million Jews died at the hands of Nazi Germany. These Jews were not only killed, but abused and tortured as well. Nazi’s were taking Jewish people from their homes and sending them to concentration camps full of horrors. To prevent going through this, Anne and her family went into hiding in...
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...ANNE FRANK “CHILD OF THE HOLOCAUST” Through the eyes of one adolescent girl, this book depicts the feelings of many Jewish people whose lives were forever changed by the Nazi Invasion in the 1940’s during World War II. The Holocaust was an atrocious time in Europe when approximately 6 million Jews were tortured, beaten and murdered as a result of their religion. During this era, the Jewish people were taken to concentration camps and were gassed or burnt to death. For many people, Anne Frank became a symbol of those six million Jewish men, women and especially the children who were murdered by the Nazis as these tragic events unfolded. It is almost impossible to comprehend this number, but the story of Anne Frank makes it possible to understand what the war meant for one of these victims. For my book report, I chose to focus on a life of a young girl named Anne Frank. Anne was a German Jewish girl whose family fled the Nazi Persecution of Jews in Germany in the 1930's, settling in what they hoped was the safety of Amsterdam, Holland. When the Nazis invaded Holland in 1940, the terror returned and the Franks went into hiding in a Secret Annex, hidden rooms at the back of Otto Frank's (father) business premises in Amsterdam. Most books about famous people only tell the reader about what the person was like as a child, to help explain what they were like as a grown up. But Anne’s diary is all about her childhood because she never had a chance to grow up. Very few...
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