Anne Marie Frank was born on June 12, 1929, to Otto and Edith Frank. Anne was also welcomed by her older sister Margot, who was 3 ½ years old at the time of Anne’s birth. The family lived in Frankfurt, Germany, which was a religiously diverse town. The Frank family lived a comfortable life in Frankfurt, being an upper-middle-class family. However, life for Jewish families got harder as Adolf Hitler gained power in Germany. With anti-semitism gaining popularity, and Adolf Hitler’s rise in power, Otto
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My Documentary will primarily focus on the identities of myself, and my two triplet sisters, Molly and Caroline. I will have interviews with my older sister, Hannah, and my parents, in order to paint a complete picture. The overall message of the documentary will be to show how three people, the same age, growing up in the same environment, can turn out to be very different. I think that the best way to accomplish this would be to shoot interviews, ask questions, and show our different hobbies/personalities
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Otto frank was the only survivor out of the Franks,the Van Dans and dussel. He was born May 12,1889.He was an ordinary German guy with jewish beliefs, who met his wife edith frank and had two kids. Margot frank was their first child and Anne frank was otto's second child , Anne was only about thirteen when the Jews were quickly targeted by hitler and non Jewish believers. Hitler was in power from 1933-1945. The Frank's and The Van Daans Were forced into hiding for almost two years, with little food
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Angela's Ashes is a book so filled with remorse and sadness, it's amazing that the reader somehow finds themself completely and joyfully satisfied. The novel revolves around the penniless childhood of Frank McCourt and begins in America with four-year-old Frank and his three year-old brother Malachy, who bears the same name as his father, and the infant twins, Eugene and Oliver, and the memories of the baby Margaret, "already dead and gone." Your heart goes out to the poor family, blessed with a
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl is one of the best-selling nonfiction books throughout the world. With over thirty-one million copies sold, the diary has been translated into sixty-seven different languages making Anne Frank a symbol of the six-million Jews killed throughout the Holocaust (Langer). The engaging story of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl contains well-written passages filled with articulate and vivid descriptions of life in the Secret Annex, written by, Anne Frank. While
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real life experience is about a priest who had the courage to stand up for the rights and privileges of the oppressed natives of Guatemala. When he was thirty-eight years old, Father Gregory Schaffer, whom I traveled with on a mission trip to San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala— in July of 2011— who, had helped Father Gregory with the missions, made the self-sacrificing journey of walking from St. Paul, MN to Guatemala, which is approximately 3,000 miles. He made this difficult trip for the sole purpose
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interuptions from Lucas. I stood up making sure to stay quiet because I know Lucas is still at the door waiting, for me to get up and walk out. If he is still at the door that means that Mommy and Daddy are not home yet. I walk over to the little window and look out at the happily lit darkness of our yard, "they should be home by now" I think to myself. "They are probably still with friends they will be home soon," I walked to the mirror and started to think about today and my little scheme with Lucas. I think
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Mr. van Daan - The father of the family 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
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Diary of Anne Frank: Paper Christopher Bauer On her thirteenth birthday, Anne Frank’s parents give her a diary. She’s excited because she wants someone, or something, in which to confide all of her secret thoughts. Even though she has a rich social life, she feels misunderstood by everyone she knows. Anne starts writing about daily events, her thoughts, school grades, boys, all that. But, within a month, her entire life changes. As Jews in German-occupied Holland, the Frank family fears for their
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Diary of Anne Frank: Anne By: Urja Shah 3rd “The Diary of Anne Frank” is a play about people living in an annex, during WWII. These Jewish people were living in a rather tiny area. The main character is Anne. Throughout her stay in the annex, she changes (dynamic characterization). At the beginning of the play Anne is loud, immature, and talkative, but towards the end she is quieter. All the occupants of the annex feel that she is talkative and loud, especially MrVanDaan. Mr.VanDan says
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