Anne Frank once said, "I want to go on living even after my death," and that wish has come true. Her life can be summed up into three parts: her early life, how she lived in hiding, and, what happened to her in the concentration camps. Many bad things happened to Jews during World War 2. The life of Anne Frank is a good example of how life changed for Jews during World War 2. First, go to the beginning, when Anne was born. .
Anne Frank was born June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany, second daughter of Otto and Edith Hollander Frank (Schmittroth 121-122). Anne had a sister that was three years older named Margot ("Anne (lies)(Marie) Frank") The Franks were very prosperous until Hitler took over Germany with plans to control minorities (Schmittroth 122). The family moved when Anne was only four years of age to Amsterdam, Holland, which Anne loved, made many friends, and even picked up a new language quickly ("Anne (lies) (Marie) Frank"). In Amsterdam people described Anne at the time as a bubbly, chatty girl who was curious about everything, while her sister was quiet and studious (Schmittroth 122). When Anne turned thirteen she received a diary and wrote in it everyday (Schmittroth 122-123). They had lived a good life up till then. It all changed soon after Anne's Birthday. .
On July 5, 1942, less than a month after Anne's birthday, her sister Margot got summoned to a concentration camp (Schmittroth 122-123). Immediately the Franks went to hide in the attic of an office building where Otto Frank worked, also called the "Secret Annex," where they hid for 25 months (Schmittroth 123) (Feldman 308). There were a total of eight Jews hiding there: Anne, Margot, Otto, and Edith Frank, they were joined by Hermann and Petronella van Dann, their teenage son, Peter, and a Jewish dentist named Albert Dussel (Schmittroth 123). They spent their days in absolute silence so they would not attract attention.
