Anne Frank and her family went into hiding due to World War II. While there, they had little communication with the outside world aside from a friend, Miep, who gave them news. The play, “The Diary of Anne Frank,” goes through their life while in hiding and how historical events affected them. World War II, The Holocaust, and the Invasion of Normandy all affected the Franks while they were hiding.
World War II played a major role in this play. World War II is one of the reasons why the Franks went into hiding. During World War II, Adolf Hitler, the Fuhrer of Germany, believed in creating the perfect race. This is known as the Aryan Race. The people who were not classified as Aryan were prosecuted in order to “purify” Germany.The Franks were Jewish, and therefore not part of the Aryan Race. So, if the Franks were found, they would have been put in concentration camps and killed. They went into hiding in hopes of not being found and surviving the war. World War II began a genocide called the Holocaust, another reason why they went into hiding.
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During the Holocaust, 17 million people died, 6 million of them were Jewish. They were afraid that they would be ratted out and found by the Nazis. During the day, they had to be absolutely silent so nobody in the office below heard them. If they were found by the Nazis, they would be victims of the Holocaust. Miep would deliver news that close friends were taken or left their homes. Many of the Franks family and friends were taken away while they were hiding. However, there was nothing they could do about it besides wait until they were liberated. Miep did not just bring bad news, she also brought extremely exciting
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
Jewish people were being taken to concentration camps. Anne and her family were jews and had to go into hiding. They hid in a secret annex above her father’s office. The Frank family was later joined with four other people. With eight people in the annex it quickly became crowded. The residents of the annex had several people that risked their lives to help them. They were in hiding for two years, until they were found. After being found, what happened to the members of the annex?
The Author came out with a strong out look on the situation of Anne Franks Development. Anne Frank was a little girl who lived in Amsterdam with her Father, they lived a normal life until the Holocaust took place and for forced Anne into hiding. Sadly the Nazis found out about the Franks hiding and who they were staying with, Otto Frank was they only one who survived. Anne Frank knew that she would even be living a sad and scary life. "Anne’s Voice. I expect I should be describing what it feels like to go into hiding. But I really don’t know yet myself. I only know it’s funny never to be able to go outdoors . .
Many of these secret homes were on busy streets that Nazis patrolled frequently. Anne Frank’s family was one of these Jews and took up residence in the hidden rooms above her father’s former office. As the end of the war neared, Nazi soldiers began to get worried and cared less about apprehending Jews than they did about killing the ones they already had taken as prisoner.
Among the on million of the children killed was Anne Frank. Anne was a Jewish, teenage, girl who's family went into hiding. They stayed hidden for over two years in their Secret Annex. Over the course of these two years, she kept a dairy that has now been published. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl had been translated into over 60 languages and is read and studdied world-wide. She began the dairy at age thirteen and wrote her last entree at age fifteen. The majority of her diary talks about her time spent in the Secret Annex which was the back part of a spice warehouse owned by her father previous to the Neurenburg Race Laws. The Franks lived with another family, the Van Dann's, and another man named Dussel. On August 4, 1944 German officers stormed the Annex and arrested all families. They were then taken to a transfer camp called Westerbork. They spent roughly one month there before being moved to Auschwitz, a consentration camp. Once off the train men, women, and childern were all separated. That was the last time Anne saw her Father, Mr. Van Dann, Dussel, or Peter. This is when the dehumanization began. People working the camps strped them of glasses, jewlery, shoes, and anything else that made them a individual. In addition to this the Nazi cut their hair and put them all in uniforms so tthey all looked the same. After anther month of
In her diary, Anne Frank famously wrote, “In spite of everything, I still believe people are good at heart.” She was inspired to say this by the people who helped her, her positivity that showed, and everyone in the secret annex. Anne Frank and all of the other Jews were forced to go to concentration camps of go into hiding due to Hitler who was anti semitic. While in the annex, she kept a diary and after she was killed in the concentration camps, later on, this diary was published. After that, a play was made from her diary that was called The Diary of Anne Frank. Consequently, people were exposed to the heartbreaking story of Anne Frank, her family, and her friends. The play really showed the emotions of the characters and
The Franks were a Jewish family who were living during the Holocaust. They went into hiding because Margot had gotten a letter and she was going to be taken away to a
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party killed millions of people in the short time of six years during World War II. Other people, such as Anne Frank and her family, tried to avoid the cruel intentions of the Nazis by hiding in an annex for two years. The historical events of World War II affected the lives of Anne and the others hiding in the annex. Historical events in The Diary of Anne Frank causes extensive changes to the drama. Two primary changes that occur due to historical events are the character’s traits and the mood of the drama.
The Franks and other Jews hiding in the secret annex were caught on August 4, 1944, and were taken to the concentration camps. Luckily, Miep and the other co-workers were not taken away. A couple days after the arrest, Mip returned to the secret annex. While in the secret annex, Miep found Anne's diary. She held onto in entell the Franks return.
While in Germany, many Jewish people, such as Anne Frank and her family, went into hiding because Hitler was in power and was responsible for the massacre of primarily Jewish people, but also homosexuals, Jehovah Witnesses, and other individuals who had some
On the Morning of August 4th 1944, the Annex was surrounded by German Police following a tip off from an informer who was never identified. The Franks including two other families were taken to head quarters where they were interrogated and help over night. On August 5th, they were transferred to the House of Detention, which was an over crowded prison. After two long days of staying in prison they were then transported to Westerbork Concentration Camp. Because of going into hiding, the Franks were known as criminal and were sent to the Punishment Barrack for hard labor.
Anne had to suffer many hardships throughout her life especially while in hiding. During this time, the living conditions were poor, relationships formed within the Annex, and having enough food for everyone was very difficult. As the Nazis began invading Germany, the Franks made their way to the Netherlands to begin hiding.
During the holocaust Jews were going into hiding. The Franks and the Vandaans, were forced to go into hiding to get away from the Nazis. They hid for twenty-two months. They had to stay in hiding for twenty-two months because, the Nazis were capturing Jews and sending them to concentration camps. The twenty-two months they were together made their relationship stronger.
It started small with Jews being put into different schools, or having to wear certain clothing so people could identify who they were. Otto Frank knew it was a matter of time before things got worse, and decided to do the only thing he could think of which was hide. The Franks hid in a spare room where Otto used to work. Anne called this room the “secret annex” (Lindwer 12). They were very short on food and water, but nevertheless remained hopeful. Anne wrote in her diary while she lived in the annex. “Would anyone, either Jew or non-Jew, understand this about me? That I’m simply a young girl badly in need of some rollicking fun?” she explained exactly how she felt about the situation around her but never let her hope fade away. (Frank). After two years of hiding someone, still unknown today, gave away the Franks location and everyone living in the annex was arrested by Nazi police and taken to concentration camps.
During the devastating time of World War II, a Jewish teenage girl wrote a diary about the gruesome events she witnessed, this diary was named, Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank. Anne Frank lived in Holland and went into hiding when her sister, Margot, got a letter to go to a reception camp. The Franks faced terrifying moments during hiding. They witnessed war outside their window and stayed in the same house without even going outside for about two years.To add on, the Franks had to keep in mind how every day they could be arrested or even die. Sadly Anne and her family are arrested and are sent to Auschwitz, a concentration camp where she would later die. While in hiding, the Franks and the Van Daans, who were also in hiding with them,