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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
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 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.

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