Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who went into hiding with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. She wrote about her experiences in hiding in a diary. Anne and her sister were eventually discovered and deported to concentration camps, where they both died of illness.
Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who went into hiding with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. She wrote about her experiences in hiding in a diary. Anne and her sister were eventually discovered and deported to concentration camps, where they both died of illness.
Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who went into hiding with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. She wrote about her experiences in hiding in a diary. Anne and her sister were eventually discovered and deported to concentration camps, where they both died of illness.
Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who went into hiding with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. She wrote about her experiences in hiding in a diary. Anne and her sister were eventually discovered and deported to concentration camps, where they both died of illness.
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Anne frank
Who is Anne Frank ?
Anne Frank Annelies Marie Frank, better known as Anne Frank, was born on June 12, 1929 in the German city of Frankfurt am Main, lived with her sister Margot, 3 years older than her, and her parents Otto and Edith Frank.But at that time Germany was in crisis: there was little work and a lot of poverty. Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party have more and more followers. Hitler harbored a fierce hatred towards the Jews and held them responsible for all the problems facing the country. He skillfully plays with the anti-Semitic feelings that reigned in Germany at the time. Hatred towards Jews and the unfavorable economic climate pushed Otto and Edith Frank to move to Amsterdam. Who protected her ? Miep Gies Hermine “Miep” Gies-Santrouschitz, born February 15, 1909 in Vienna and died January 11, 2010 in Hoorn in the Netherlands at the age of 100, was a Dutch Catholic who initially rescued Jews, then hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis during World War What happened before this ? The descent into hell… On September 1, 1939, when Anne was 10 years old, Nazi Germany attacked Poland. Shortly after, on May 10, 1940, the Nazis also invaded the Netherlands. The Dutch army surrendered five days later . Slowly but effectively, the invaders began to make life more and more difficult for the Jews. They no longer had access to public parks, cinemas or businesses. His father lost his business because of a law prohibiting Jews from have their own business. All Jewish children, including Anne, must therefore attend a school reserved exclusively for them. Who denounced them ? Anorld Van den Bergh It would be a certain « Anorld Van den Bergh » a Jewish notary who denonced the hiding place of the Franks to save his own family. But before Anne Frank was discovered where did she live ? The Annex Nazi repression went further and further, forcing Jews to wear the yellow star. Rumors that Jews must leave the country begin to spread. When, on July 5, 1942, Margot received a summons to come and work in Germany, her parents suspected that it was a pretext and decided that the time had come to hide. The next day they went into hiding, hoping to escape persecution. In the spring of 1942, with the help of several of his former colleagues, Otto Frank set up a secret apartment in the annex of his company located at 263, Prinsengracht. Shortly after, four other illegal immigrants will join the Frank family in the Annex. There is little space in the apartment, Anne has to keep a low profile and is often afraid. A future celebrity The diary Anne receives a diary on the occasion of her thirteenth birthday, her last birthday in freedom. In her diary she will describe the period spent in the Annex but she will also talk about her feelings and thoughts. Anne will also write some short stories, start a novel and note extracts from her favorite readings in her Book of Beautiful Phrases. Writing helps her get through the days. One day, Anne hears on Radio Orange (the underground radio station in the Netherlands) a speech by the Minister of Education of the Dutch government calling for the preservation of diaries and other documents. recounting the suffering of the people during the war. Anne then decides to rework her various diaries with the aim of turning them into a novel titled Het Achterhuis (The Annex). The refuge is discovered Anne begins to rewrite her diary but she will not be able to complete her mission. On August 4, 1944, the refuge was discovered. Anne and the other illegal immigrants are arrested by the police, as are two of their protectors. Until today the reason for this police raid remains unknown. Anne's manuscripts were preserved despite the police operation: two other protectors managed to save the papers before the Annex was emptied under Nazi order . Anne is deported to Auschwitz The camp Through the Sicherheitsdienst, the Amsterdam detention center and the Westerbork transit camp, the Nazis deported the group to the Auschwitz- Birkenau extermination camp. The train journey takes three days and Anne is crammed into a cattle car with nearly a thousand other people. There was little water and food available during the journey and a simple small barrel served as a toilet. Upon arrival at Auschwitz, Nazi doctors selected the prisoners they deemed capable of carrying out the hard forced labor. Around 350 members of Anne's transport were directly murdered. Anne, her sister and their mother are interned in a women's camp. Otto is imprisoned in a men's camp. Anne perishes in Bergen-Belsen The illness wins At the beginning of November 1944 Anne and her sister were transported to the Bergen-Belsen camp. Their parents remained in Auschwitz. In the Bergen-Belsen camp the conditions are dramatic: there is almost no food, it is cold and just like her sister, Anne is suffering from typhus. In February 1945, Margot then Anne died from this illness. Otto, Anne's father, was the only survivor of all the illegal immigrants who had taken refuge in the Annex. He returned to the Netherlands after the liberation of the Auschwitz camp by Soviet troops. He learns of the death of his wife Edith during his long journey home. Once he returns to the Netherlands he will also learn that Anne and Margot are no longer alive. Anne's diary becomes world famous Anne frank Otto is greatly impressed by his daughter's manuscripts. He reads there that Anne dreams of being a novelist or journalist and of her plan to have her writings on life published in the Annex. Convinced by friends, Otto decides to publish the newspaper. On June 25, 1947, The Diary of Anne Frank was published with a print run of 3,000 copies. The story does not end there: the book will be translated into nearly 70 languages, and followed by a play and a film. People around the world are learning about Anne’s story. In 1960, the Annex became: the Anne Frank House. Until his death in 1980, Otto remained very involved in the Anne Frank Foundation and the museum: he hoped that through the Journal, readers would become aware of the dangers of discrimination, racism and anti-Semitism.