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The Holocaust : A Great Impact On The World

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On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler took power as chancellor of Germany (Anne Frank Biography). What people did not know was that soon one of the world’s darkest times was on the verge of taking hold. In the next decade, approximately six million Jews died, along with others that Hitler deemed unworthy enough to live. He claimed that he was only making the country stronger by getting rid of those with “bad genes”. There were an uncountable number of strong figures during this period of time, known as the “Holocaust”, and they have all made a great impact on the way that we now view the Holocaust. One of these heroines, is Anne Frank, who has inspired the world with her first-hand knowledge of the Holocaust, allowing us to see the events through the eyes of a child.

Anneliese Marie Frank was born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany. Her family was an average middle-class German-Jewish family living near the outskirts of Frankfurt. Life was happy there, but when Hitler became the chancellor of Germany on January 20, 1933, the Franks decided they should leave Germany because it no longer felt safe (Anne Frank Biography). Anne was just four years old when her family emigrated to Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1933. The next year, Anne began attending a Montessori kindergarten in 1934 (The Story of Anne Frank). Anne and her sister made many friends in school and her father had established a successful company that produced a gelling agent used in jam. It was not long before

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