... or cinema. Tragically, the Holocaust has been the subject of many books and movies. The Diary of Anne Frank is the diary of a young girl captured in the time period of the Holocaust. Anne Frank, her parents and younger sister went into hiding at the Nazi takeover in Holland. They were sheltered and ... broke out, other Jews in countries such as Poland and Holland were affected. (Rogasky 37) In The Diary of Anne Frank, the Jews suffered the same fate. The family of Anne Frank originated from Germany. They had immigrated to Holland in 1933, when her father became the Managing Director of t...

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... on the 12th June 1929 into a Jewish family in Germany, in the town of Frankfurt an Main however when Anne was 4 years old the Frank family emigrated to Holland where they would be safe from Hitler who was der fuehrer (-the leader) and likely to put them into concentration camps or maybe kill them because ... . My sister Margot was born in 1926 in Frankfurt-on-Main. I followed on the 12th June 1929," In 1940 Hitler invaded Holland where the Frank's were staying and the anti-Jewish law were enforced there. So Anne could no longer visit Christians, go swimming or visit any sports grounds. ...

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... her elder sister, Margot, enjoyed life with relatives, nurses, and many friends. When Anne was four years old, Hitler was already in full control of Germany. Fearing Nazi persecution, Otto relocated to Holland, and commenced a food products business. Simultaneously, Mrs. Frank and the girls moved to Aachen. The entire Frank family reunited in Amsterdam by the spring of 1934. For the subsequent five ... years, Anne attended the Montessori school where she made many friends, both boys and girls. After the declaration of war in ... 1939 and the capture of Poland, Denmark, and Norway, Hitl...

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She was the girl who showed a positive attitude when times got rough, she was Anne Frank. Born on June 12, 1929, Anne popped into this world with a spirit that could not be broken. Ever since the beginning of her life, she was a Jew. In her story, ... she could not have the simple necessities that we take for granted in our everyday lives. Through all this, Anne Frank still thought that people are good at heart, even though prejudice still roamed everywhere. She would act like any teenager in the world, yet she was not allowed ... to have all the fun a teenager enjoyed. Anne loved to dance,...

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Anne Frank and her family originally lived in Germany. During the early 1930's Hitler came to power, and because the Franks were Jewish and Hitler had decided to purge the ... again or to go into hiding. The Franks decided on the latter course. They planned to move into the unused annex of Mr. Frank's office building about the middle of July 1942. Early in July, however, Mr. Frank's elder daughter Margot was called up by the Gestapo (Hitler's police) to be sent to Germany for work. He decided to move ... the family into hiding ten days earlier than planned. At this time Anne was thirteen y...

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Dear Anne Frank, I have read plays and books based on your diary,and about the reality of fighting for your life, being in hiding living in fear of dying tomorrow, and being a teenager without freedom. I am very sorry you had to suffer and line in fear of being killed just because of your religion...

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... if they would ever live to be free again. Even though the concentration and death camps were brutal and millions died some did survive. Some Jews went into hiding like Anne Frank and her family. But the SS or Shutzenstaffel found most of the Jews who hid from the Germans. The horror of what Hitler did was unjust and the allies wanted ... ...

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