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The Diary Of Anne Frank

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In 1942 war broke out in Germany. Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi party in Germany, sent out German troops to attach on the Jewish people throughout Europe and conquer many other Europe countries. Many Jews fled Europe or went into hiding. In Amsterdam, a young Jewish girl named Anne Frank went into hiding with her and one other family. Their hiding place was known as the Annex. While in hiding, Anne kept a diary of her observations and experiences. Three different genres of information help describe Anne 's life during the war. Anne Frank Beyond the Diary is a non-fiction text explaining about Anne’s life and influence of her diary. Anne’s diary entries are excerpts from Anne’s actual diary she wrote while in hiding, that was …show more content…

In addition, the author included maps to pinpoint certain plans and accomplishments of the German Nazi’s. For instance, page 94 displays a map showing all the areas concentration camps were placed all across Europe in areas won in battle or previously owned. The map also included the number of Jews who died from many causes (murder, disease, work exhaustion, not enough food/water etc.) in each camp. That specific map was inserted into the biography to help visualize and calculate the real amount of people who suffered for being different. The biographies maps help imagine and physically see the development and increasing power throughout the war. Without the purple pages or maps inserted throughout the nonfiction text, when Anne talks about what she hears is going on in the outside world, the audience wouldn’t completely understand the cruelty of the Germans. Therefore, Anne Frank Beyond the Diary was the most effective genre in comprehending the major events involving Jews during WWII.( or other evidence map on page 30 describing the amount of territory the Germans ruled/won, and axis-occupied territory.)

Anne Frank’s diary entries illustrate her thoughts and feelings the best through the information she wrote in her diary. Anne was a 13-year-old Jewish school girl who used a diary to write about her experiences while in hiding during the Holocaust. Since the diary is written from Anne’s point of view, it’s an actual

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