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Anne Frank: A Victim Of The Holocaust

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Have you ever imagined what it would be like to hide from the world, for two years in fear? Well, the majority of us would say “No.” Anne Frank was a girl who lived during the Holocaust and had to do this at a young age. Anne Frank was born on 12 June 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany, and died in March of 1945 in Lower Saxony, Germany. Her father, Otto Frank, was the owner of a business that aided in the process of making jelly. She also had a mother, Edith Frank, and an older sister, Margot Frank. Like most children during the holocaust Anne Frank had to endure many challenges like Elie Wiesel in the novel Night. Both had to endure the pain of getting separated from most of their family. Anne Frank, a victim of the Holocaust, wrote one of the most …show more content…

“The Franks moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the fall of 1933.” (Biography.com Editors). They moved due to Hitler’s gain of power when he became chancellor of Germany. Hitler persecuted all the Jews and to escape the Frank family moved to the Netherlands. From a young age Anne had to move to run away and be safe due to her religion. No one today should have to move to feel safe just because their religion isn't accepted by others. “In 1935, Anne started a school in Amsterdam and earned a reputation as an energetic, popular girl.”(History.com Staff). Anne Frank went to school and was always positive trying to live a normal life even though she was different due to her religion. “Beginning in October 1940, the Nazi occupiers imposed anti-Jewish measures on the Netherlands. Jews were required to wear a yellow Star of David at all times and observe a strict curfew; they were also forbidden from owning businesses. Frank and her sister were forced to transfer to a segregated Jewish school.” (Biography.com Editors). This took Anne …show more content…

“On August 4, 1944, after 25 months in hiding, Anne Frank and seven others in the Secret Annex were discovered by the Gestapo, the German secret state police, who had learned about the hiding place from an anonymous tipster.” (History.com Staff). The Frank family and the Pels family had been caught after 25 months of hiding in the Secret Annex. In the concentration camps Anne Frank had to endure many hardships such as separation from those she was comfortable with. After being held at Westerbork, the families were transported to Birkenau Auschwitz in September of 1944. From there the separation began as Anne Frank was separated from her father. Margot Frank and Anne Frank were transported to Bergen-Belsen. There they worked hard until March of 1994 when they both died of typhus. Weeks after their death the British liberated Bergen-Belsen on April 15, 1945. Anne Frank never gave up hope until the very end. She was quoted in her diary believing “... when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquillity will return once more.” (“Diary Excerpts.”). She always believed that there was hope and that everything would go back to normal even though she must have seen terrible deaths in the concentration camps. After the Holocaust Anne Frank’s father, Otto Frank, published Anne Frank's Diary. At first when he received

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