Diary Of Anne Frank Essay

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The photo below is of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl that ended up experiencing the violent acts of Hitler’s demonic plan ‘The Final Solution’ to kill off all of the Jews. Anne Frank was one of the individuals along with her family, to go into hiding during World War II in order to escape the Nazi’s that were trying to capture them. She and about 8 others spent two years in hiding in Amsterdam, until they ended up being captured and sent over to one of Hitler’s Concentration camps. At this time, Anne Frank was about 15 years old. She was transferred from Auschwitz concentration camp in November of 1944 to another Bergen-Belsen. She spent a few months in Bergen-Belsen where she eventually died in the month of march of 1945 of a disease called …show more content…

Her book gives a clear and vivid meaning to what it was like being a young Jewish girl living under Nazi German rule during World War II. “The Secret Annex: Diary Letters from June 14, 1942 to August 1, 1944 were passages from The Diary of Anne Frank. Over 30 million copies of Anne Frank’s books have been sold and the number still continues to rise. Anne Frank used writing to escape the horrible tragedies she was facing in this time and writes about Kitty her imaginary friend who she confided in for support and comfort. One of the quotes I pulled from her book, and in my opinion very hearth retching was written on February 3, 1944. The following quote reads as, "I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, and I can't do anything to change events anyway." On July 15, 1944 she wrote, "I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more." Her story will forever be remembered for spreading her voice and the voice of many others that endured the brutal conditions placed upon

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