The Holocaust Ann Frank

Anne Frank, her parents and younger sister went into hiding at the Nazi takeover in Holland. They were sheltered and cared for by Miep Gies and her husband Jan from July 1942 until August 1944. We can only assume that at this time they were betrayed. During her time in hiding, Anne kept a diary. This diary is now a world-famous book. It is Anne’s life in her own words as she was growing up in a terrifying time. This book has sold millions copies in over fifty countries. It is important for us to understand why these people were in hiding and how history and policies of the German people affected the lives of this Jewish family. (Frank II)

Adolf Hitler was born in 1889, in Austria and went to Germany in 1913. He served in the German army in the First World War and was wounded twice. When Hitler returned to Germany after the war he found his adopted country to be in turmoil. Unemployment was extremely high, and groups were starting re

Night after Night, green and gray military vehicles cruise the streets. They knock on every door, asking whether any Jews live there. If so, the whole family is immediately taken away. If not, they proceed to the next house. It’s impossible to escape their clutches unless you go into hiding. They often go around with lists, knocking only on those doors where they know there’s a big haul to be made. They frequently offer a bounty, so much per head. It’s like the slave hunts of the olden days.”(Frank 72)

Everything was planned in the camps. If a prisoner did not die of starvation, they would die of disease. The camps were not places to live. They were places to die. The barracks were called blocks. Meant for five hundred, they held two thousand. Four or five people slept on each bunk, head to foot. (Rogasky, 90) The mattress was filthy straw on bare wooden planks. One or two buckets served as toilets. The prisoners were awakened at four o’clock in the morning or earlier. If a person was missing they had either died or were too exhausted to come out. That meant that they would be shot and killed. Most labor was outside the camp area. The work was backbreaking. On any given day a work force might lose half of it workers. Disease ran rampant in the camps. Most of the Prisoners died of starvation. Many people died in the camps not because they were selected for the gas. Some were just unable to handle this life and they killed themselves. (Rogasky 87)

In the early years, the Jews were buried in mass graves. Later, they were burned. In Auschwitz and some of the concentration camps like Buchenwald, large ovens designed for that use cremated the dead. The loading of the ovens and the removal of the ashes were done by the Jews who were allowed to live. These Jews were usually killed also as younger, stronger Jews were brought into the camps. (Rogasky 85)

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