Essay On The Diary Of Anne Frank

Ever played a game of hide and seek? Well it was slightly like that for the Franks (A Jewish family living during the Holocaust) except they were forced to play, and if caught the consequences were deadly. The theme of Anne Frank is human growth involves pain, this is the theme because life can’t flow smoothly without a few bumps, there's always a few things you have to get past first. Anne Frank and her family were forced into hiding because they were Jewish, and Jewish people were discriminated against and killed in concentration camps during the Holocaust.

The events recounted in Anne Frank’s Diary took place during World War 11. By 1933, the strongest party in Germany had gained ultimate power with Hitler under their command. Hitler was Germany’s dictator who spread his gospel of racial hatred through politics. While poverty and unemployment were at an all time high he launched a campaign of anti-Semitism. Hitler’s main target was the Jews, claiming that they were “racially inferior.” He developed an idea of a Master Aryan Race, the need to rid Germany of “inferior people”, such as Jews and Gypsies, and the need to expand Germany’s borders. In doing this, he caused many Jews to abandoned their homes and go into total isolation. The Frank family

“It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.” (Anne Frank) Anne Frank was one of the many children who fell victim to the Holocaust during the World War II. Anne’s story is nothing short of a tragedy; she died at the early age of fifteen from Typhus while being held by the Nazi Regime, in the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. Before dying, Anne and her family went into hiding and lived secretly in her father's office building in the Netherlands. While living in the “Annex,” a secret hiding place, she developed many interests such as reading and writing. Anne is famous because she is one of the best-known victims of the Holocaust, her story has been shared with millions in a publication of her diary, and through her writing’s she introduces many people to the massacre and its horror.

By the mid 1950’s, the book had become much more popular and had been adapted to a variety of languages. It was thought that post-WWII people would not want to read about the War stories given the tragedies they had occurred, but this was different with The Diary of Anne Frank (Rosenfeld, 3). This would be reflected in the variety of interpretations in the years after it was published. Some people viewed the diary as an important document since it revealed the truth about Nazism, while other thought that the diary was bad for society because it acts as a reminder of the awful truths of Nazism and what occurred during the war (Rosenfeld, 3). These were some of the early interpretations however, they would not continue to develop overtime. These responses were different than the traditional American response to the diary. For example, Alvin Rosenfeld, an American Holocaust professor, writes, “Many American reviewers, for instance, idealized Anne Frank’s story and preferred to interpret it as inspiring rather than disconsolate” (4). This shows that people from outside of Frank’s background could relate and empathize with her story. This would be a continued theme in the remembrance of Anne Frank, especially with a very popular play and movie reliving the main events in her diary. The happiness and positive attitude that Frank had allowed people to understand the problems in the Holocaust, but not look at it directly from the most agonizing events that

The Holocaust, a morbid atrocity that made people question humanity, was the cause of millions of deaths. One of those victims of this brutality was Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who hid from the Nazis along with her family. Although she was merely ordinary, Anne Frank kept a diary which became a significant, historical artifact in the modern world as it details her account of concealing her identity from the outside world. Her story, told in an innocent perspective, allows individuals to reflect the dreadful events of the Holocaust and acknowledge how far we have come since then. Even though she died along with millions of other victims from the Holocaust, her spirit still exists thanks to her articulately written words in her diary which is now considered one of the most famous works of literature. Anne Frank’s legacy still lives on today because her story provides a primary source of a dark period in history, insightful contemplation of humanity, and motivation for people to stand up against unjustified persecution.

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 diary. Without Anne we would never know what life was like in the holocaust, from a personal standpoint. It came from the pages of a diary belonging to a young Jewish girl, Anne Frank. The Diary of Anne Frank has been read by hundreds of millions of people around the world since the end of World War II.

Many people were hurt by Adolf Hitler's plans and one thing he achieved was killing six million Jewish people including children. Anne Frank and her family were one of them. They lived in a secret and tiny annex where Otto used to work. They started off just going to stay there for a few months till the Allied Forces could invade Holland but that didn’t work out. In the drama wrote by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett eight people crowded into annex for 2 long years not being able to go outside. Many historical events were impacted in the drama Anne Frank. Even though these problems took place outside of the secret annex it changed the mood and relationships of the character.

"'This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning” (Frank 47). On June 12th, 1929, Annelies Marie Frank was born, in Frankfurt, Germany, her father was Otto Frank, who was a lieutenant in the German army in World War 1, who then he became a businessman in Germany and the Netherlands, and her mother was Edith Frank, Anne also had an older sister named Margot. Before everything had gone south the Franks had been just a normal Jewish family who loved their lives. At the age of four the Anne, and her family had moved to Amsterdam, because Adolf Hitler was invading Germany. Hitler was not a very nice person, he thought that the jews were a race, which they weren’t it was a religion, and

The Holocaust is one of the deadliest genocides in the world with more than eleven million deaths, six million of which were Jews, by the fascist German Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s. The Diary of Anne Frank is a classic piece of literature that has taught numerous minds about the life of a Jew named Anne Frank in hiding during World War II and the Holocaust. This iconic diary has been rewritten and formatted into a play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. In the play, Anne Frank hides in a loft, in the building where her father used to work, with seven other people, three being her family. One of the residents in the loft includes Peter Van Daan, the son of the Van Daans. While living in the “Secret Annex” for more than two years, Peter is seen as a dynamic character who was first shy and introverted, then evolved into a bad-tempered and violent person.

During the years of the Holocaust, nearly six million people died and experienced great grief. Among the hundreds of people who went into hiding, Anne Frank’s diary which contained information about her experience as a victim alarmed many in the world and has left a big impact. The Diary of Anne Frank is a reminiscence that shows the diverse aspects of the victims that experienced the Holocaust, and the interactions, bondings, and conflicts they went through during the event. The two members, Anne Frank and Peter VanDaan share conspicuous differences, but also similarities that are clearly exemplified throughout the play, First and foremost, Anne Frank and Peter VanDaan are from two different families who has opposing dispositions. Anne

Anne Frank is only one story out of around two million children that died, and the play of Anne Frank’s Diary did a good job of reflecting historical events. The Diary of Anne Frank play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett is a shortened version of Anne Frank’s autobiography. The play of Anne Frank’s Diary reflects historical events like, the Nazi Invasion of Holland, D-Day, and Ration Books. The Diary of Anne Frank Play relates to the Nazi Invasion of Holland when the Frank's had to go into hiding after the Nuremberg laws were placed in Holland.

In January 1942 The Battle of Stalingrad that marks the turning point of the war against the Nazis. When Anne and the rest of the people living in the attic find out they feel happy and they have hope that the war will be over soon. In June 1944 the Allies carry out a successful invasion of France. This gives many who live under Nazi occupation

I am Writing this topic about the diary and movie about Anne Frank and her family living a rough and harsh life hiding from the nazis for two years when germany and the U.S were in war. Anne Frank and her family were Jews and Germany's leader Adolf Hitler had a thing on jews and he made all his followers believe him he said they were taking over and they were different and he hated there reiligion so he got his army and started wiping out jews.

Anne Frank captured the grim reality of life as a Jewish teenager during the Holocaust in her eye-opening recollection entitled The Diary of Anne Frank. Her diary brought to light some of the tragic events and atrocities that transpired during World War II and the shocking crimes committed against an entire race. Certain themes prominent throughout the diary reveal the priceless wisdom that can be obtained from the young girl’s writings and can be analyzed from a psychological perspective to further understand the unfathomable circumstances in which Anne and her fellow members of the Secret Annexe were forced to endure.

One of the ways that the historical events happening outside of the annex impacted the play/movie was that the mood changes. It is shown by the quote “[Rising] Mr. Van Daan, you don’t realize what is happening outside that you should warn me of a thing like that. You don’t realize what’s going on…[As Mr. Van Daan starts his characteristic pacing, Dussel turns to speak to the others.] Right here in Amsterdam everyday hundreds of Jews disappear… They surround a block and search house by house. Children come home from school to find their parents gone. Hundreds are being deported… people that you and I know… the Hallensteins… the Wessels...” (Dussel pg. 130) because it shows that the characters are upset about this happening. Anne gets more upset because in the quote “[Coming to Dussel] Do you know the de Waals?... What’s