A survivor of the holocaust for two years once said, “Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” Anne Frank is one of the most influential people because she was a German diarist, survived the Holocaust for two years, and she was one of the Jewish to get her life from the Holocaust published. Annelies Marie Frank also known as Anne Frank was born on June 12th, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany. On July 5th, 1942, her family fled Nazi persecution of Jews and moved to Amsterdam and went
Anne Frank 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? Who
hardships of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl, and her family, who like millions of other Jews, perished at the hands of the Nazis during WWII. Anne Frank lived during one of the most terrifying and horrific historical events the world has ever seen, the Holocaust. She and her family managed to survive for 2 long years in hiding, by living in a secret annex behind her father’s pectin factory. In August of 1944, the SS captured Anne and the others hiding in the annex. All but Otto Frank, Anne’s father, perished
The Holocaust, it’s such a horrific topic. Why do we study this? The answer I will give at the end of this essay, although, there are many ways people look at the holocaust, different opinions that people have, different understandings. This is my understanding. Holocaust. (The Greek word meaning Whole (Holo), and burnt (Caust). The name although sad, is quite an appropriate name for this event in history, because the Jewish people’s spirt, was almost entirely “Burnt”. Hitler’s rise to power began
The Diary of Anne Frank In “The Diary of Anne Frank,” by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, explains flashbacks of a young girl and her family being forced into hiding from the Nazis. The main character in the story is a young Jewish girl named Anne Frank, who writes in a diary as she goes through changes in her life because of the Holocaust, and she also wrote about her family's life, things she misses the most, and the least. The authors may have wrote this story that explains very important
We remember and learn about the Holocaust for many reasons. It forces us to reflect on one of the most severe parts of the world's history. Hitler rose to power by working within the government. This made it extremely hard for Germans to go against Hitler's ways. His primary targets were the Jews but, by creating a detailed list of undesirables Hitler showed discrimination towards more than group of people. The Nazis began to expand on their territory in 1938. Jewish people were soon called to register
Anne Frank was a young woman in the times of the holocaust. For the time period was horrendous for a person her age. She had a sister named Margot and a mother and father. They were Jews in the time of Adolf Hitler's rule. That meant you would have to attend concentration camps and work for the Nazi’s or you would be killed. They knew you were a jew by your records like if you went to a specialist that would be on your record that you went somewhere. They also said that you have to have the star
World War II was a state of horrifying events, such as the Holocaust and the bombing of the Pearl Harbor. One major topic, is how the Jews survived the Holocaust and how they felt about it when it was over? What did they do during the time of the Holocaust? Did they leave a form of art that showed their struggle? Anne Frank’s diary is one of the examples that expressed how she felt during the Holocaust. She wrote in her journal about her life when she was hiding from the Nazis. In addition Elie Wiesel
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. Anne Frank was many things: a writer, a storyteller, a witness, and a victim, among them. A fact that many seem to forget is that she was also a human being. In a concentration camp in 1945, Anne held her dying sister Margot in her arms. Her sister died very shortly
“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