The Holocaust: The Diary Of Eva Heyman

“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.

Many, many people suffered during the Holocaust war. The Jews in particular were in grave danger. The drama ‘Anne Frank’ outlines so many ways that this historical event caused a shift in the mood of the characters and their relationships. Before the Holocaust, Anne Frank was just an ordinary Jewish girl living in Germany. A German leader named Adolf Hitler developed a plan to destroy the Jews and to rule over the specific places where they lived. What Hitler did to these poor Jews, and the sheer terror they endured at the hands of this Nazi leader is purely unfathomable.

People can only imagine the terrors that the Jews and other ethnic groups had to go through during the Holocaust in World War II. With Anne Frank’s diary, people can finally put themselves into the scene and captivate all the feelings and sentiments that Anne Frank has poured onto the pages. Anne Frank, her family, and their friends were known for hiding from the German Nazis in the Secret Annex for two years from 1942-1944. Innocent and naive,

Born in Poland, Henia Weit was the youngest of nine children in her family. She lived in a town by the name of Sambor. Unfortunately, the town was bombarded by German soldiers shortly after Hitler started his reign of terror on the Jews. Henia’s family was forced to do laborious work in a ghetto until they were all deported to a concentration camp. Fortunately for Henia, she was able to escape and never went to the concentration camp herself. Instead, she had to survive for several years alone, with only her sister to turn to.

"The Diary of Anne Frank" tells us a story about how her life as a Jew was drastically changing during the Holocaust and the start of World War II (WWII). She was a very intelligent young woman that had hopes and dreams. Anne was a normal teenager trying to find her way in life. All of that changed when the Nuremburg Race Laws were formed. Her father who was a World War I fighter hid his family and friends in a Secret Annex that was blended in with a normal neighborhood. As she lived for months in the Secret Annex, Frank had written her diary, full of her experiences in the Annex. Everything changed though, when she reached the end of her times in the Annex. Hitler's men had found Anne and her family and friends. This memoir adds in to the

Life is a precious thing, and it is so precious that some people will undergo severe anguish to hold on to it. During the 1930’s and 1940’s in Germany, people of the Jewish religion were diabolically oppressed and slaughtered, just for their beliefs. Some Jews went to extreme measures to evade capture by the German law enforcement, hoping to hold on to life. Krystyna Chiger was only a small child when her family, along with a group of other desperate Jews, descended into the malignant sewers to avoid the Germans. After living in the abysmal sewers for fourteen months, her group emerged, and when she became an adult, she authored a novel about her time in the sewer. When analyzing the literary elements utilized in her novel, The Girl in the Green Sweater, one can determine how tone and mood, point of view, and conflict convey the message of struggle and survival that was experienced during the Holocaust, and how they help the reader to understand and relate.

Lola Rein was born on October 4, 1934 in Czortkow, Poland. About 33% of the people who lived in Czortkow were Jews. German forces took over the town in 1941 and all Jews in the town were forced to live in ghettos. While in the ghetto, Lola’s mom sewed Lola a dress embroidered with pretty flowers and colorful patterns. On August 28, 1942, 2,000 Jews were deported from the ghetto to the Belzec concentration camp to be killed. Lola, her mother, and her grandmother stayed safe by hiding between two walls. When the deportation ended, horrific life in the ghetto continued.

“Inge Auerbacher was born December 31, 1934, in Kippenheim, Germany. Her parents were Berthold and Regena Auerbacher” (Children During the Holocaust). “Her father was a textile merchant and was also a German soldier during WWI” (Inge Auerbacher). Her life was quite peaceful until one night, November 9, 1938, when every single window in her house was broken. Her Mother, Grandmother, and herself all had to hide in their backyard, but her Father and Grandfather got brought to Dachau Concentration Camp. Once they got released, Inge’s family then moved in with their grandparents. Sadly, in 1942, there would be no way to avoid

Thesis: Today I will discuss the young and short life of one of the most well known Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Anne Frank was acknowledged for her quality of writing. Her diary is one of the world’s most widely read books and there has been many plays and films written on the basis of her story.

Her mother and Aunt are so impacted by the holocaust they start to developed a hatred toward Helen. As Helena and Lara are talking, Lara informs Helen, “Mom is furious, Lara said, she talked to Zosia and they both think you're sick. They want to have you institutionalized” (338). At this point Helen truly realizes how much pain her mother and Aunt are going through. Searching through their past is making their ability to cope and live harder than ever

The Diary of Anne Frank is a remarkably moving book about the short life of a young girl and her family. The Holocaust was a horrible time for Jewish people and Anne and her Jewish family’s lives were completely turned upside down as a result. The war resulted in the deaths of countless people, mostly innocent people. Before the invasion on D-day and the end of the war not too long after, the rest of the world didn’t know the real disaster going on over seas. Anne Frank’s once secret diary has introduced the immense suffering and horror that occurred during the Holocaust.

During Holocaust millions of people were slaughtered by Nazi German soldiers, and aircrafts. While in hiding Anne had a small radio that told the story of the Holocaust day by day. Constantly hearing bombs being dropped, machine guns firing in the "Secret Annex. " One day Anne describes a horrific story of the outside world, "We assume that most of them are being murdered. The English radio speaks of their being gassed" Anne who is just a thirteen year old Jewish girl is forced to hear about her friends and family being gassed and tourtured in concentration camps.

She was given a diary while she was hiding for 2 and half years, and she wrote all about what was happening while living in hiding in an attic. Her father got her diary after he survived the camps, and published it to show people her personal experience living in the Annex.

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,

Stress was unavoidable during this time of her life. She was born in a wealthy family and worrying about suitors for potential marriage material. She was worrying if she would be good enough for them or if they’ll be good enough for her father. She went from being young and care-free to being young and terrified. The day that they received the letter to work in the camps was the day that her youth and innocence died. She didn’t worry about her suitors as much after that because at the end of the day, she could never trust them enough to tell them her secrets and innermost thoughts. She had to confide in a diary that her father gave her to help cope with what was happening around her. She hardly had any peace of mind knowing that they couldn’t stay hiding for long. She