Victor Kugler- The Man Who Hid Anne Frank
“You must do the things you think you cannot do.” –Eleanor Roosevelt. Victor Kugler was many Things, he was a soldier, a boss for a business, and a helper of the holocaust. Victor Kugler Helped the Frank and Van Daan family during the holocaust. He was able to help more people than the eight family members in the annex.
Victor Kugler’s Childhood was ordinary, but soon he became a hero for Austria. Victor’s early life was good until later on. Victor was born on June 6th 1900 in Hohenelbe, Austria. He goes to school In Germany and graduates in 1916. In 1912, during the First World War, Victor is recruited as a Sailor in the navy and In April 1916, he is wounded and is discharged. Victor then gets
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Victor Kugler is born on June 16th 1900, he Graduates in 1916. He then serves in the Austrian Navy in 1917 and year after that, in April 1918, He is wounded and discharged. He moves to the Netherland in 1920 and works for a company in Utreecht that makes an Ingredient for jam. Victor marries a Dutch citizen named Laua Maria, and five years after that, he meets Otto Frank and works for his company, Opekta. When Austria joins the Nazi party, Victor becomes a full Dutch citizen. When Jews are no longer allowed in the Netherlands, Otto Frank asks Victor to become a helper for his family and the Van Daan family while they hide, Victor agrees and Otto also tells him that he will transfer his directorship because Jews are no longer allowed to own businesses. Victor becomes the boss, but Otto secretly remains the boss. A few more years later, Victor is found and is captured with the rest of the eight survivors. They are transported to the Gestapo Headquarters, and Victor is transported to a concentration camp in Amersfoort. A few months after that, Victor is then transported to a labor camp in Zwolle. Another few months after that, he then is transferred to a camp in Wageningen. But, Victor then escapes whilst in a forward march and returns to Amsterdam and hides for the rest of the war. He reconnects with his wife during this time and gets back in touch with Otto Frank. After this, he moves to Canada to live the rest of his life, and he dies at the age of 81 in December 19th,
Jews. He took it upon himself and Miep to give the two families in hiding
Miep Gies wrote Anne Frank Remembered to honor the memory of the Frank family, to show what happened to Jews during World War II, and what she did to hide the Frank family. Gies was asked to write about her experience in the war, but Miep also wanted to consider how Anne Frank played such an enormous role in Miep’s life; Gies wanted to add the impact of how Anne’s diary affected people into her book. The book is the first-hand account of the persecution of Jews. Miep was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1909. Gies was five when the war started. In December of 1920, 10 years old, Miep was taken to Holland to be treated after almost dying from undernourishment because the Germans were taking food to support their army. The family she was taken to for treatment later adopted her. She grew up in Amsterdam with her adopted Dutch family. Miep was going to return home but her parents said she was Dutch and she remain so. When Miep was 24 she came to work at Travies and Company making jam. She married Henk Gies after she discovered she was going to be deported back to Vienna; Miep loved Henk. Hitler started to demoralize Jews and make them seem inhuman, they were the scum of the Earth. When Jews started to be relocated to camps those who could go went into hiding including the Frank family. The Frank family moved into a hidden section of the Travies and Company and hid there for years. Later, the Frank family was discovered by an anonymous tipster and taken to an internment camp. Miep discovered Anne’s
People who are unaware of their situations and don’t question anything are easily lured in by their foes who use their weaknesses to cause their downfall. The main character in “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”, is drawn in from her need to rebel against her family, only to find herself in an unfortunate situation she could not control. In Edgar Allen Poe’s, “The Cask of Amontillado”, the main character lures his foe in for revenge, choosing to murder him in secret instead using legal channels and giving no evidence to the outside world that his foe is dead. Arnold Friend and Montresor lure their victims to them in a similar way: by pretending to be friendly and succeeding in leading to their down fall by using their weaknesses (men for Connie and wine for Fortunato) against them.
In Bettelheim's essay, The Ignored Lessons of Anne Frank, he criticizes Anne Frank's father because of the way he had his whole family hiding out in the attic of one family. Bettelheim claims he is not criticizing Mr. Frank, he just wants his readers to reexamine the way we read history. In his essay, Bettelheim concinced me that we, as readers should look again at the text and realize all the possibilities that the Franks had.
“I will never be able to go back to Sweden without knowing inside myself that I’d done all a man could do to save as many Jews as possible.” A quote given by a holocaust upstander, Raoul Gustav Wallenberg. Raoul Gustav Wallenberg, along with many others, helped Jewish people escape from Nazi’s during the holocaust. He was one of many who helped hide Jews, and or helped Jews escape the holocaust horrors, proving that he is an upstander to the holocaust.
There are many stories, diaries and books from the time of The Holocaust but arguably the most famous of them all is the story of Anne Frank. Anne Frank was a teenage Jewish girl who went into hiding in her fathers offices in Amsterdam, The Netherlands when the Nazis called up her older sister, Margot (Anne ??). Just before the call up, Anne had started to write a “diary” which she continued to write when she went into hiding with her family. Throughout the book Anne writes that her worst nightmare is to be discovered (Anne ??). The Franks when into hiding in 1941 in the Annex of the Opekta offices and were arrested by the Nazis in ???. After such a long period of time in hiding there are many suspects for who betraye...
How would you feel if you were a Jew in World War II? Anne Frank was a Jew in World War II. The play we read was called the diary of Anne Frank. She said, "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." According to the diary she believed in the quality in people even after hardships her family has endured. Anne Frank had to go into hiding from Hitler because he wanted to kill all of the Jews. He thought that they should not be allowed to practice their religion. Because of this, she had to go into hiding for two years. Here are some ways she showed her belief that people were good at heart. The first reason is she thought of different ways to make her family happy in the darkest of times. The second reason is Mr. Van Daan stole bread to feed himself. The third reason was she found someone to talk to even when she was trapped for two years. She was believing in everyone else as they were breaking down in fear.
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).
" 'How can I join such a club?' I icily asked. 'Look at what the
At the start of World War II, his father was sent away, captured by Germans, and didn’t return until the war’s end.
Mr.Kraler and Miep Gies took in at least eight jews total during the Holocaust. Mr.Kraler owned his own personal business and upstairs was an attic that he let the Jews hide in. His wife and himself took major risks because they did what they weren't supposed to do. He paid money to a person that knew the Jews were staying in his attic. Mr.Kraler got sick because all of his stress caused ulcers. He was my favorite character in the play “The Diary of Anne Frank.”
Approximately six million Jews died during the holocaust, which was two-thirds of the Jewish population at the time of World War Two. This catastrophe is considered to be one of the most deplorable events caused by the human race itself and will live on for eternity. Often people hear the miraculous stories about survival and escape. However, it is unlikely for one to hear a story of rescue due to the high security surrounding the camps. Many prisoners had no hope of finding refuge and were often destined for the gas chambers. However, one man was able to save nearly two thousand Jews by simply knowing how to play both sides properly. His name is Rudolf Kastner. On the surface Rudolf Kastner appears to be a selfless man who devoted many years of his life aiding Jews before and during the Holocaust. While Kastner portrays a good-natured journalist on the surface, he is highly controversial in the Jewish community based on his bias towards Jews that could afford to pay him the large sums of money for their freedom. His inability to think of others prior to himself adds to his repertoire of poor personality traits and greedy decisions. Rudolf Kastner exemplifies all of the characteristics of an insufficient leader due to his selfish tendencies, lack of concern for others, and arrogant personality.
In Hitler's early years Hitler was born on April 20, 1889. His birthplace was in an inn in Braunau, Austria near the German border(“Zapotary,
LARSON, THOMAS. "'In Spite of Everything': The Definitive Indefinite Anne Frank." The Antioch Review Winter 2000: 40. Student Edition. Web. 25 Mar. 2014.
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 in Austria. As a child he played “Cowboys and Indians” which had a huge influence in war since it is a game that imitates the supposed behavior of cowboys and Indians in a conflict, as in shooting, chasing, and capturing. He had found a book of the Franco-Prussian War and he had become very interested in war-related material. He was a very outgoing, confident, loving boy until his brother died of malaria, and that made him rebel against his parents and relatives. He battled his parents and teachers.