“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart,” said Holocaust victim Anne Frank (Anne Frank Quotes). Even though Frank was a victim of the Holocaust, she was still able to say these words that really give an idea of what type of person she was. She is seen as a significant historical figure because she wrote a diary giving details of her experience in the Holocaust. Frank contributed a way for the world to read how bad the conditions were and what it was like to be a child who was forced into hiding to avoid being sent to concentration camps. Frank is a significant historical figure because she was a Holocaust victim, she wrote an important diary starting at the age of thirteen, and the diary she wrote gave …show more content…
the world an inside look at what it was really like to be a Holocaust victim. Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929.
She was born into a middle-class Jewish family in Frankfurt, Germany. Her parents were named Edith and Otto Frank. Her father Otto was a lieutenant in the German army during World War I. Frank also had a sister named Margot who was three years older than her. The Franks lived in a neighborhood on the outskirts of Frankfurt that was religiously diverse. In the 1930s, Adolf Hitler led an anti-Semitic National German Socialist Workers Party, also known as the Nazi Party, that eventually gained control of the government in 1933. That autumn, the Frank’s left Frankfurt and relocated to Amsterdam, Netherland in fear of the Nazi Party. Frank’s father then became a manager at a Dutch Opekta Company. This company manufactured products used in the making of jam. Moving to Amsterdam gave the Franks a sense of freedom that they hadn’t experienced in a long time. In 1934, Frank was even able to attend Amsterdam’s Sixth Montessori, where she was a smart and curious student. Frank lived a happy childhood, having a multitude of friends. Frank lived a relatively normal childhood until she became the age of …show more content…
ten. Unfortunately, Frank’s life was forever changed when World War II started on September 1, 1939. Frank said, "After May 1940, the good times were few and far between; first there was the war, then the capitulation and then the arrival of the Germans, which is when the trouble started for the Jews," (“Anne Frank”). The Nazi Party started to enforce laws that forced Jews to wear a yellow Star of David all the time, be unable to own businesses, and have a curfew. When Frank turned thirteen in the June of 1942, her parents gave her a red and white checkered diary. Frank’s sister, Margot, got to summoned a Nazi work camp in Germany on July 5, 1942. On July 6, 1942, the Franks went into hiding with Otto’s business partner’s family in the back of their company building. During their time in hiding, they never once left the darkroom, which they called the Secret Annex. Fortunately, some of Otto’s workers supplied food for them, as well as information about what was going on in the world. Many of the people staying in the Secret Annex became depressed because they were never able to leave that one place. Frank even wrote, ”Not being able to go outside upsets me more than I can say, and I'm terrified our hiding place will be discovered and that we'll be shot,” (Stichting, “In Hiding”). However, hiding was better than being taken to a Nazi camp or being killed by a Nazi officer. Not being able to leave the Secret Annex made Frank depressed. However, writing in her journal helped in lifting her spirits and allowing her to get her emotions off her chest. In many of her writings, she talked about the hopes she had and some of the experiences she faced in her life. Frank was inspired to write more and keep her journal when she heard Dutch government’s radio address. This address told her to keep all diaries, journals, or books because they would be historical evidence that would be able to show the world what Holocaust victims actually went through. Anne Frank’s diary gave the world a significant opportunity to be able to really get to know what it was really like to experience the Holocaust as a Jewish child. On August 4, 1944, Frank and the other people hiding in the Secret Annex were arrested by four Nazis and a German secret police officer.
The police found them in the attic because they were given a tip by an anonymous caller. The people arrested were then sent to Camp Westerbork and arrived there on August 8, 1944. They were then transferred to Poland to go to Auschwitz, a death camp, on September 3, 1944. Unfortunately, the men and women were separated when they arrived at Auschwitz. At this death camp, Frank and many other women had to do hard labor that consisted of carrying heavy rocks and grass mats. Only after a couple of months at the Auschwitz camp, Frank and her sister were transferred to Germany to a concentration camp named Bergen-Belsen. At this camp, there was not much food, it was not sanitary, and diseases spread throughout the camp rapidly. Frank was put through all these conditions by the Nazi Party who killed over a million other
children. Anne Frank died in March 1945 at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Her sister and she died within a day of each other. They both died from typhus, a disease that was spreading throughout the camp. Frank an important historical figure because she contributed a diary to the world that gave and still gives people an insight into the Holocaust experience. Frank is one of the most well-known Holocaust victims, who is credited with writing a diary that “has sold tens of millions of copies worldwide” (Gilmore). The world would not understand what the Holocaust was like without the diary of Anne Frank.
Anne dairy opened so many doors for journalists and many others. They have a diary of a real end of the Holocaust in their hands. Anne accepted you can still have fun while you're in hiding. A quote from Anne Frank is ‘’You could not do this, you could not do that.
“Then suddenly Peter grabs her awkwardly in his arms, kissing her on the cheek.” Anne Frank and Peter Van Daan mature as the play The Diary of Anne Frank documents their lives from when they go into hiding to their deaths. Anne (ages 13-15) and Peter (ages 15-18) both experience many changes, physically. mentally, and spiritually, as they grow closer to each other. On this topic Anne says, “There is one great change, however. A change in myself.” (Act II, Scene I, Page 600)
Anne Frank would be proud to see how she is remembered by the world. Her diary has been published and her story has been told on both stage and screen. Her diary and her story shows how you can never really kill the human spirit, no matter how hard you
Anne Frank, Jeanne Wakatsuki and Elie Wiesel all are greatly affected by the war, but in different milieus and in different scenarios. Anne Frank was a 13-year-old Jewish girl who was thrown into one of the worst periods in the history of the world: the Holocaust. Though she went through awful things that many people will never experience, she always kept the faith that there was still some good in everyone. She once said, “Despite everything, I still believe people are truly good at heart.” Her diary, which she kept while her family was in hiding from the Nazis, shows the triumph of her spirit over the evil in the world even through the pain of adolescence.
Throughout the holocaust, many Jews survived by going into hiding to escape the harsh fates and realities that would otherwise await the opressed. The Diary of a Young Girl allows readers to witness and experience a small idea of what Jews in hiding during the holocaust suffered. Some may have lost one's life, but Otto Frank, Anne's Frank's father, survived the holocaust through hiding. The secret annex became the shelter for Otto Frank, his family, and several others Jews starting July sixth, 1942(www.annefrank.org). The annex provided a barrier from the Nazis and death camps for two years before the Gestapo discovered the Franks and others and sent the Jews to concentration camps for the remainder of the holocaust(www.ushmm.org). The others in hiding with Frank lost their lives, leaving Otto Frank the sole survivor from the secret annex. His time in hiding happened to save his life, making him a survivor of the holocaust(www.ushmm.org).
“I Want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people even those who I’ve never met, I want to go on living even after my death!” (from a Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank). This quote has a lot of meaning because she wanted to be remembered and I am now writing and telling about her eighty one years later. Anne Frank is a hero because she was a spirited young Jewish girl that had to go into hiding at the age of thirteen.
In my English class we were learning about Anne Frank and her life during the Holocaust. During the Holocaust, many people, mostly Jews lost their lives; Anne was one of the 6 million Jews who died. Before her family and everyone else were taken to concentration camps Anne liked writing in her diary. After the war Anne father the only one in their family that survived received Anne’s diary from Miep, the caretaker of the families while they were hiding. One of the most eye catching quotes of Anne’s was” I believe people are really good at heart”, I believe Anne when she says that.
However, the Nazis had gained power in some parts of Germany. The Nazis wanted all Jews to be killed. Otto Frank, Anne's father, did not hestitate to wait for the Nazis to come into full power. In 1933, the Franks left Frankfort. Mrs. Frank and the two girls joined her mother in Aachen, near the Belgian border. Otto Frank went to Holland and started a business in food products. In the spring of 1934, the Franks reunited and settled in Amsterdam.
Anne Frank was born June 12 1929 in the German town of Frankfurt am Main. She grew up with her parents Edith Frank and Otto Frank and her older sister Margot. Her mother was born in Aachen on January 16, 1900. Her father was born in Frankfurt am Main on May 12, 1889. Lastly her sister was born in Frankfurt am Main on February 16, 1926.
Anne Frank, born on June 12, 1929 was a teenage writer, who wrote everything about her experience during the Holocaust in her diary. She was from Frankfurt, but sudden moved to Amsterdam in February 1934 after Nazi’s seize of power, and their intentions for the Jews. Anne and her family was hidden in the Secret Annex, which was located behind a attic above a family owned business. The heroes that helped the Frank family was Johannes Kleiman, Victor Kugler, Jan Gies, and Miep Gies. They would risk their own lives helping the Franks. They finally got caught 2 years later in August 4, 1944 when an anonymous caller gave a tip to the Gestapo (German Secret State Police). Anne and her family was sent to concentration camps, which sadly herself, sister and mother died. Luckily her father Otto Frank survived and published her diary to share her
The name “Anne Frank” is synonymous with hope, optimism, and belief in human good, even in times of relentless evil. Although she only lived to be fifteen, Anne is known and respected throughout the world for the humanistic light her work shed on an infamous time. Born June 12th, 1929, in Germany, she spent her early years in a middle-class Jewish-German family. However, the tranquility of the Frank family and 522,000 other German-Jews’ would be shattered by one of the most nefarious events in history, the Holocaust. Anne’s diary became an influential resource in understanding historical and emotional aspects of the Holocaust. Although she was young, Anne Frank is the greatest diarist of European history because she preserved a critical time in history, her work captured the human experience of the Holocaust, and her ideals of hope and optimism remain influential throughout our world today.
Anne Frank was a German-Jewish diarist. She was known for the diary she wrote while hiding from anti-Jewish persecution in Amsterdam during World War II. Her diary describes with wisdom and humor the two difficult years she spent in seclusion before her tragic death at the age of 15. Since it was first published in 1947, her diary has appeared in more than 50 languages. Perhaps more than any other figure, Anne Frank gave a human face to the victims of the Holocaust.
Lots of families had to hide during holocaust to prevent from going to Auschwitz. One of those families where Anne Frank’s family. According to The World of Anne Frank website, Anne frank was a Jewish little girl born on June 12 1929 in Frankfurt Germany. Having only one older sister, Margot Frank, Anne came from a small family. Her and her family were in the upper middle class and was pretty wealthy. Her father, Otto Frank, was a lieutenant for the German army then later became businessman. The Franks thought that life was good and everything was fine, until they heard about what was going on around where they were living. Lots of people thou...
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl was a very distressing yet amazingly written book. Who would have thought that such a little person could have such a huge effect on the world? Anne?s father lived for many years after the war and made sure that Anne?s diary was published. Her diary was published in 1947 and was then made into a film. This diary helps people remember what Jews had to go through and hopefully reminds them of how lucky they are. By remembering, it is hoped that something like this will never happen again. This book was intriguing while incorporating many life lessons. Discrimination, unfair judgment, and racism are only a few of the many lessons that this book has to offer. With that, after reading this book, we have learned to not take the things we have for granted because in a matter of seconds, days, months, or even years, it could all be gone. As Anne said in her diary, ?In spite of everything, I still believe, people are truly good at heart?.
II. Contrary to the light and amusing tone of the first few entries of Anne Frank, her revelation of her family background uncovers sneak-peeks to the Jewish life in the Second World War, including the restrictive laws implemented by the Nazis against the particular group of people. Prior to Anne’s first diary entry, the Franks, namely Otto, Edith, and their children, Anne and Margot, had emigrated to Holland from Germany to escape Hitler’s propaganda of Anti-Semitism. However, soon, they realized that they had not been liberated yet from the claws of discrimination when Anne’s elder sister, Margot, was summoned by the S.S., the elite Nazi guards, for a call-up, implying that she would be sent to a concentration camp.