Anne Frank Essay
Anne Frank
“I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.” -Anne Frank
In March 1945 about 50,000 people died at the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen, including Anne Frank and her sister Margot. Bergen-Belsen was located near Hanover in northwest Germany. The holocaust was a very mortifying time for many. About 20,000 camps held over 11 million Jews along with anyone else who didn’t meet Hitler's expectations. Many of these people were starved and brutally murdered by Nazis. Jews were not the only ones targeted, there were also homosexuals, disabled people and Roma Gypsies between the years 1933-1945. Throughout all of this chaos, there was one little girl named Anne who’s voice was …show more content…
Otto Frank (her father) moved them to Amsterdam in 1934, following a Nazi degree. The Jewish and Non Jewish kids had to start attending separate schools when Hitler came to power in 1933. Around 1941 Jews started being put into concentration camps. The Franks went into hiding in early July, 1942 after Margot received a letter ordering her to report to a camp in Germany. The Franks had to figure out a way to bring their stuff with them to the annex, so they layered on their clothing and stuffed as many belongings as they could into a small satchel. Jews were also required to wear the yellow star of david. The Franks were in hiding for 2 years along with another family the Van Pelz and their 15 year old son Peter, also a dentist named Albert Dussel (“Anne Frank”). Edith Frank and Otto decided to give Anne a journal to write in for the long boring days that they were in hiding, this is when “The Diary of Anne Frank” all began. Miep Gies, (Otto’s assistant) and her husband decided to help the Franks out. She had a big part in how they received food, and all the essentials that they required to live. All was well besides them not being able to move around or go to the bathroom during the day due to the workers below the annex. Then tragedy struck, and an anonymous person gave away the secret annex that hid all of the Franks and everyone else hiding in the
“I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.” -Anne Frank
In March 1945 about 50,000 people died at the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen, including Anne Frank and her sister Margot. Bergen-Belsen was located near Hanover in northwest Germany. The holocaust was a very mortifying time for many. About 20,000 camps held over 11 million Jews along with anyone else who didn’t meet Hitler's expectations. Many of these people were starved and brutally murdered by Nazis. Jews were not the only ones targeted, there were also homosexuals, disabled people and Roma Gypsies between the years 1933-1945. Throughout all of this chaos, there was one little girl named Anne who’s voice was …show more content…
Otto Frank (her father) moved them to Amsterdam in 1934, following a Nazi degree. The Jewish and Non Jewish kids had to start attending separate schools when Hitler came to power in 1933. Around 1941 Jews started being put into concentration camps. The Franks went into hiding in early July, 1942 after Margot received a letter ordering her to report to a camp in Germany. The Franks had to figure out a way to bring their stuff with them to the annex, so they layered on their clothing and stuffed as many belongings as they could into a small satchel. Jews were also required to wear the yellow star of david. The Franks were in hiding for 2 years along with another family the Van Pelz and their 15 year old son Peter, also a dentist named Albert Dussel (“Anne Frank”). Edith Frank and Otto decided to give Anne a journal to write in for the long boring days that they were in hiding, this is when “The Diary of Anne Frank” all began. Miep Gies, (Otto’s assistant) and her husband decided to help the Franks out. She had a big part in how they received food, and all the essentials that they required to live. All was well besides them not being able to move around or go to the bathroom during the day due to the workers below the annex. Then tragedy struck, and an anonymous person gave away the secret annex that hid all of the Franks and everyone else hiding in the