Anne Frank
Anne Frank was born a Jew on June 12, 1929. She was born to Otto and Edith Frank, both from respected German Jewish families. She had an older sister by the name of Margot Frank; she was two year's older than Anne. Anne attended Montessori School. It was a non-Jewish and Jewish school. Anne and Margot were very smart, and had many friends. The Franks moved from Holland to Amsterdam in 1933 because of Nazi rule.
Mr. Frank owned a business and made partners with a German.
Jews had to register their businesses, and later, surrender them to non-Jewish people. Luckily Mr. Frank had put his business under his German friend’s name.
After one summer recess Anne and her sister came in and all of a sudden weren’t allowed to go to a non-Jewish school. Jewish people six years and up had to wear a yellow star. This was known as the beginning of the Holocaust. Many things were going on, such as the mass arrest of Jews, by 1942.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank were planning to go into hiding. One day on July 5, 1942 the Franks received a call-up notice. Anne thought it was for her father, but it wasn't, it was for her sister Margot. After the Franks received the notice they decided to go into hiding. They were going to hide in an attic above Mr. Frank’s office. The Franks went into hiding on June 12, 1942 on Anne's 13 birthday. The Franks hid in a Secret Annex. They invited the Van Dames to live with them in the Annex to get away from the violence. The Franks and the Van Dames lived in a five room house.
Before Anne went into hiding she was given a diary which she kept the whole two years. Five months after the Franks and Van Dames moved in an eighth person moved in by the name of Dussel moved in. There were many arguments between the eight. Come to find out Peter Van Dame likes Anne and starts hitting on her. The arguments between the families make them grow farther apart.
On August 4, 1944 at 10:00 a.m. the...
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