The Secret Annex
The secret Annex was a place the Franks went into hiding during the holocaust. Anne spent most of her time writing in her diary about the Secret Annex and how she felt. There were 4 total people living in the secret annex at that time. It was located along the Prinsengracht Canal and is now a museum in Amsterdam. You got into the secret annex by moving a bookshelf that led to stairs up into the annex.
The Westerkerk Church
The Westerkerk was a church located close to the Franks secret annex. It was built between 1620 and 1631. Anne Frank wrote in her diary about this church, she liked to hear the bells chiming from the church. From the window of the Sevret Annex you could see the clock faced part of the church.
1. Marriage between Jews and subjects of the state of German or related blood are forbidden. Marriages nevertheless concluded are invalid, even if concluded abroad to circumvent the law. Annulment proceedings can be initiated only by the State Prosecutor.
2. Extramarital intercourse between Jews and subjects of the state of German or related blood is forbidden.
3. Jews may not employ in their household female subjects of the state of German o related blood who are under 45 years old.
4. Jews are forbidden to fly the Reich or National flag or to display the Reich colors. They are, on the other hand, permitted to display the Jewish colors. The exercise of this right is protected by the State.
5. Any person who violates the prohibition under I will be punished by a prison sentence with hard labor. A male who violates the prohibition under I will be punished with a prison sentence with or without hard labor. Any person violating the provisions under III or IV will be punished with a prison sentence of up to one year and a fine, or with one or the other of these penalties. The Reich Minister of the Interior, in coordination with the Deputy of the Führer and the Reich Minister of Justice, will issue the Legal and Administrative regulations required to implement and complete the Law. The Law takes effect on the day following promulgations except for III, which goes into force on January 1, 1936. Nuremberg, September 15, 1935 at the Reich Party Congress of Freedom.
This law is important to learn because it shows us how the Nazis treated the Jewish. This law wants the Jewish to be separated from the Germans. The leader of this group wanted them to be different and separated from them. He like pure blood and I don't think that he should of treated the Jewish in a different just because of their family genes. I think it's important to learn about this because it shows us that everybody should be treated the same.
Propaganda is information that is biased or misleading. There are 8 different types of propaganda. They are demonization, emotional appeal, name calling, patriotic appeal, half - truths and lies, catchy slogans, visual symbols and humor or caricature. Propaganda was used to trick your mind to think something was bad or good. People used this to think the Jews were bad and after Hitlers type of propaganda, Jews were being killed.
Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfort Germany. Her parents were Edith Frank and Otto Frank and she had a 3 year older sister Margot. Her family went into to hiding on July 6, 1942 in the secret annex. Anne was given a diary for her 13th birthday and she wrote and expressed herself in it. But on August 4, 1944 the people in the secret annex were arrested and sent to consentration camps. In February of 1945 Anne and Margot die of a disease and never make it back to Germany.
Otto Frank was born on May 12, 1889 in Frankfurt, Germany. In August of 1915 Otto is drafted into the military, and on May 12, 1925 he marries Edith Frank. After their family goes into hiding they get sent to camps Otto Frank was the only one of the family to survive the camps. He got back the the secret annex and published Anne's diary in July 25, 1947. He dies if natural causes on August 19 , 1980 in Switzerland.
Margot Frank was born on February 16, 1926 in Frankfurt, Germany. She had was 3 years older than her sister Anne. She went to Ludwig Richter School in 1932. She got good grades in school and when was told she was going into hiding she still learned. She had to go to the camp with her family and she passed the selection with the rest of the family. She died in February of 1945 with her sister Anne of a disease and never make it back to Germany with her father.
Edith Frank was born on January 16, 1900 in Aachen, Germany. In 1916 she completes her final exams at a Christian's girl school. On May 12, 1925 she marries Otto Frank and has two children, they are told to go into hiding and were sent to concentration camps. She dies in January 6, 1945 in the camps with her two children of a disease.
Act 1 Summary
In Act 1 the Frank family goes into hiding with another family because of the War and the hate sent to the Jewish people. The Franks have had help from a business worker and close friend, they have gotten news on the concentration camps the Jews have been sent to. Through the story another character joins the hiding place or secret annex, his name is Mr.Dussel. He moves into Anne and her older sister Margots room, and Margot is asked to sleep in her parents bedroom. In the night the families hear a noise downstairs and automatically think the police have found them, Peter races over to turn of the lights and trips over a chair leg. It turns out to be a thief and a radio and the cash box was stolen but the noise when Peter fell scared the their off.
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was on April 19– May 16 1943. A total of 1,300 Jews died in the Rebellion. The number of German casualties were unknown but it was not more than 300. It was the biggest Jewish uprising in Jewish revolt history.