Germany during World War II, the lives of those living in this territory was spent in

constant fear and anxiety. The Diary of Anne Frank leads readers through the harsh

times of a family trying to escape imprisonment in concentration camps by Nazi soldiers,

where death was almost certain. Born on June 12, 1929, Anne Frank was a

German-Jewish teenager who was forced to go into hiding during the Holocaust. She and

her family, along with four others, spent 25 months during World War II in an annex of

rooms above her father's office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. During the two years in

hiding which Anne refers to as "a time when the ideals are being shattered and destroyed,

when the worst side of human nature predominates, when every one has come to doubt

truth, justice and God (pg.327)." Anne kept a diary that was given to her by her father,

Otto Frank, on her birthday. Between June 1942 and August 1944, from Anne's

thirteenth birthday until shortly after her fifteenth birthday, Anne recorded her feelings,

her emotions, and her thoughts, as well as the events that happened to her. "...[I]de

kill all the Jews in Europe. After two years of living in the "secret annex", behind a

of Anne and her family to the Nazis and their placement under arrest lead to their

life on every page and allows the reader to feel as though they actually know her.

tries to escape Nazi concentration camps. Anne's ability to communicate her private

honesty about her situation that allows the reader to experience her life as a stubborn,

during her years in hiding to help her cope with the people surrounding her. Nine months

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Approximate Word count = 900
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)