By Anne E. Schraff
Born in Germany in 1929, Anne Frank used to be in the course of international battle II. simply because Anne used to be Jewish, she and her relatives have been compelled to flee the phobia of the Holocaust that swept the continent. starting in 1942, Anne saved a diary of the tough trip of her family members. See how Anne's kin attempted to flee the horror of the conflict, and the way her diary turned her ally.
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But Anne and Margot were sent to the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. It was bitterly cold. The women there were starving and getting sick with deadly diseases. 56 Frank Book 9/17/07 2:45 PM C A H P Page 57 T E R 10 Anne and Margot huddled together in an icy-cold, unheated barracks. Someone who recognized them said the girls looked like frozen little birds. A school friend of Anne’s spoke to her once. Anne wept because she believed that both of her parents were dead. Anne was trembling. She was wrapped in one thin blanket.
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Anne Frank has become a symbol of anyone who is persecuted because of their race, color, or creed anywhere in the world. Visitors today can go to 263 Prinsengracht to view the secret annex and original pages of Anne Frank’s diaries. Each year, over 600,000 people come to the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam. Although Anne Frank lived for just fifteen years and some nine months, she has had a great impact on the world. Her spirit and courage is a reproach to anyone who would promote bigotry or hatred.
Anne Frank - Biographies of the 20th Century (20th Century Biographies) by Anne E. Schraff