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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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