This is the story of a 13 year old Jew who goes into hiding in Holland during the Second World War. For 25 months the Franks and the Van Daan families hide above an office where her father used to work.

For her 13th birthday she receives her first diary and writes in it her thoughts and feelings as well as what’s happening in her life. She makes it through these 2 years with hope and faith in God. She believes it’s important to look positively on life and to have a religion to as a way to get through the tough times, something to believe in and a reason to go on.

“People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things. You don't necessarily even have to be afraid of punishment after death; purgatory, hell and heaven are things that a lot of people can't accept, but still a religion, it doesn't matter which, keeps a person on th

Some topics in this essay:
Van Daan, Van Dan, Anne Anne, Anne Frank, World War, van daan,