The Secret Annex By Anne Frank

Final 1: Overall Anne Frank was right when she said “ “In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.”

As historians have went through a young Jewish girl's diary, they found the quote, "In spite of everything, I still believe people are still really good at heart." This diary was written by Anne Frank, a 16 year old girl, at the time of the terrible tragedy, the Holocaust. The public can now learn what it was like being a part of the Holocaust, first hand. During this event, a man by the name of Adolf Hitler, tortured people of Jewish descent. Fighting through her daily struggle, of fighting and disagreeing with family, Anne Frank stayed positive. In her ordeal, she felt as if almost, everyone had some type of good in their souls. The quote, "In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart," changed many perspectives

    A young girl, Anneliese Marie Frank, receives an empty jar of a diary for her thirteenth birthday, amidst much political strife in her new home country of Netherlands. As a German-born Jew in hiding, Anne will eventually fill her diary with over 2 years of experiences of the Secret Annex. Initially, she makes use of her newfound outlet to exhibit her growing interest to become a writer. The diary, for Anne, acts as her personal confidante before her family goes into hiding, and becomes even more valued to her during their ordeal. Eventually, in 1944, Anne will hear of an opportunity for her work to be published after the war, and sets out to revise her entries.

A young girl named Anne Frank was a German refugee in the Netherlands who was one of the millions of Jews affected by the Holocaust and World War II. She went into hiding in the summer of 1942 with her family and the Van Daans in the Secret Annex, located inside her father's workplace, to prevent going to a camp. Anne recorded events that happend while they were in hiding in her diary along with her personal thoughts and feelings. After World War II, her diary was published and is now the second most read non-fiction book in the world. Anne's entries tell us about what life was like in hiding and the problems they faces while in the Secret Annex. It also showed us that people are willing to try and prevent bad things from happening to them and their families.

Anne and her family emigrated to Amsterdam from Germany to escape Nazi persecution, they went into hiding in June 1942. Anne Frank is a young Jewish lady who is in a Secret Annex with a few others. Anne is in the Annex with Margot, Mr. and Mrs. Frank, Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan, Peter, and Mr. Dussel. Everyone in the Annex is Jewish. Hitler and the Nazis are trying to kill or put Jews in a Concentration Camp which is the reason why they are in hiding.m They have two people who are helped them survive in the Annex who are Miep and Mr. Kraler. Out of the eight people who were living in the Annex, sadly Mr. Frank was the only person who survived.

From the time the earth was created to this very moment, the world has not been able to tame the murderous and torturous people hiding in the distant corners of the world. As long as people will live, it is evident that there will be people who are truly bad at heart. Therefore, I disagree with Anne Frank’s statement that “Despite everything, I truly believe that people are good at heart."

After millions of Jews were killed during the holocaust, a diary was found that was written by a 13 year old girl and inside it had details of how the life was while in hiding. Her name was Anne Frank. In their hiding spot called the secret annex there was two families. A quote from the diary was ¨In spite of everything I still believe people are good at heart.¨ By that she thought that even Hitler had a good side.

Anne Frank and her life inside the Secret Annex. 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, July 15th, 1944”. Annelies Marie Frank, young, curious, stuck in the middle of World War ll and the Holocaust. The ideal story of Anne Frank shows us that hoping and dreaming can get you past the hardships of life as you are given a reason to keep moving on.

The Holocaust was a time of chaos. Jews were being singled out, killed, and Hitler along with the Nazis wreaked havoc during their reign. Anne Frank’s story is one of the most famous of this time period. Anne Frank and her family sought out safety in the Secret Annex. While the world was at war, the Franks were hidden in the Secret Annex, trying to escape it.

Anne gets a diary for her birthday and names it Kitty this is what she uses to write down all her feelings and what is going on with her life. Anne Frank’s story is very sad and upsetting, but at the same time inspiring. Her story so far has inspired me to not give up and to be optimistic about all the not so good things that happen to me. Anne’s story is also upsetting, it is hard to believe that anyone would have that mentality to hurt others just because they were not like them. It must have been hard to leave her life behind and without any true friends with her in their “Secret Annexe” she went to KItty and to her father for help and comfort in times of need. Anne’s living conditions when she leaves her home are not as bad as some

The story of Anne Frank was an astounding one, as was she, an astounding girl. In July of 1994, she wrote in her diary, “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are truly good at heart.” This quote shows that Anne was intelligent, brave, and optimistic, and in several ways. Although there are many ways in which this girl was brave, intelligent, and optimistic, here are just a few examples.

Can you imagine living in a tiny, cramped attic for over two years? That is exactly what Anne Frank and her family had to do during the Holocaust. This small attic, called the secret Annex, housed the Frank family, the Van Daan family, and a man named Mr. Dussel. These eight Jewish people used the Annex as a hiding place from the arbitrary Nazis that were attempting to send them to Jewish concentration camps. Forcibly, they relied on friends named Miep and Mr. Kraler, who had great magnanimity, to bring supplies, were deprived of many comfortable living conditions, and were always in danger of being caught. All in all, you can infer how torturous those two years of living in the secret Annex were for Anne Frank and her loved ones.

The Secret Annexe was considered to be an old factory where Anne Frank’s father Otto Frank used to work. An old house was present at the back of it i.e. the place where Anne Frank and her family i.e. eight Jews stayed during two years of the Second World War. The Secret Annexe was very small, clumsy and very uncomfortable to live in. There were only few rooms which were present in the Secret Annexe to live in. So, to live in the Secret Annexe, the families had to share between themselves. Anne shared her room with Dr. Dussel. Otto,Edith and Margot also shared their room. Mr. and Mrs.Van Daan also shared a room. Peter had his own small room with the stairs leading to the attic. Besides the bedrooms, the only other rooms which were present in the Secret Annexe were the attic and the bathroom. There was a kitchen, but it was in the bottom floor of the house, which was not considered part of the Secret Annexe.

Anne Frank was a youthful, growing young girl who was adapting to the sudden changes made around her due to her religion. She used to have a comforting life, taking in the fresh air, heading to the movies with her friends, and being able to stay in her home. However, that all changed for her when World War II had begun, for the Frank family had no option but to go into hiding from the Nazis. The Franks couldn't have done anything else because they were compelled to hide from the Nazis because, at that time, Nazis had blamed the loss of World War I on the Jewish people. They were taking action with their leader, Hitler, running the mass discrimination against the innocent religion. Besides that point, Anne Frank and her family had gone into

Anne M. Frank wrote the quote that I chose to write about on November 19, 1942, titled Dear Kitty. As I read the quote, I tried to imagine how it had to be for a young child to witness such atrocities occurring around her as she gazed through the blackout window. The fear she must have felt as the Gestapo would come through neighborhoods with the sole mission of gathering up Jewish people. As a young teenage girl, Anne should have been experiencing unusual experiences that young people do at this age, but instead was observing the young, elderly, woman, and infants being swiftly taken away at all hours of the day from their homes.