D-Day, Ration Books, And The Nuremberg Laws

Act II scene 3 of the play version of The Diary of Anne Frank is about Mr. Van Daan being caught stealing food and the events that follow shortly after. When everyone is asleep, Mr. Van Daan tries to steal bread but is caught by Mrs. Frank. Enraged, Mrs. Frank wakes the others in the annex and begins to speak about how she wants Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan to leave the annex and never come back. Mr. Frank and the others try to calm her down and change her mind but to no avail. In the midst of this commotion Miep arrives with news about the war. She tells them that the allies’ invasion of Normandy, also known as D-Day, has begun. Everybody rejoices and Mrs. Frank and Mr. Van Daan apologize for their behavior.

The year is 1942. They are hiding for their lives; struggling to survive. In “The Diary of Anne Frank”, written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, There is a group of people in the annex that are in hiding because the Nazis are targeting Jews. The Franks, Van Daans and a dentist named Mr. Dussel are the people hiding in the annex and they are the Jews in hiding, they are forced to make hard choices that will determine their future and they are trying to stay hidden from the Nazis so they can survive the Holocaust. The Holocaust is the Nazis and Adolf Hitler killing and capturing anyone and everyone that doesn't agree with them.

The play, “The Diary of Anne Frank” tells the story of a girl named Anne Frank and the events that occur during her time hiding from the Nazis in the Holocaust with her family, the Van Daans, and Mr. Dussel. While the two families were in hiding, they all suffered tremendously with limited food portions and the need to remain quiet in order to not get caught. During this period, if a person were to be not fit in the Aryan race, which consists of blonde hair, blue eyes, and tallness, then they were to be sent to concentration camps or be killed. Although all of the characters were put into the same circumstances, Mr. Van Daan drastically took advantage of the rest of the Annex. He was portrayed to be selfish and gluttonous because of the fact that he would do anything in order to obtain cigarettes and because he has been given or taking a significant amount of food that is supposed to be for the whole Annex. .

Staying in an annex for two years without going outside may have been uncomfortable, but it gave everyone a better chance at survival. Character interaction, stage directions, and Anne’s diary are three significant ways historical events are portrayed in The Diary of Anne Frank. This play shows the reader that history can be written in many different

In the popular book and story of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl there are many themes present throughout her journal. It’s a touching piece of literature that puts things into perspective about family, warfare, loneliness, and selfishness. Her diary gives insight about people who are actually living in those circumstances from Anne’s point of view, resulting in a more factual story than fictional novels loosely based on true events. Anne goes through a lot during her time in the Annex, including tense arguments with her family, bombings, thieves, Peter, and Dussel moving in. The events may not seem like that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things, but to a young girl, it’s a huge change of events. It shows a lot from her in the way she acts, Anne’s selfishness proving that stress and war can change people to be more selfish.

Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party killed millions of people in the short time of six years during World War II. Other people, such as Anne Frank and her family, tried to avoid the cruel intentions of the Nazis by hiding in an annex for two years. The historical events of World War II affected the lives of Anne and the others hiding in the annex. Historical events in The Diary of Anne Frank causes extensive changes to the drama. Two primary changes that occur due to historical events are the character’s traits and the mood of the drama.

One of the events being represented in Anne Franks Diary is D-Day. Which was a horrendous and tragic event that occurred during the Holocaust. On D-Day our allies arived on Normandy. Which was a beach north of France. While they were unloading they were ambushed by German troops hiding in rooms with heavy artilery. That day the allies lost many of their troops to the terrible ambush but eventully able to push through and take down the German troops. When this invasion occurred all the Jews jumped and cheered with relief that finally the allies have attacked. "Did you hear that, everybody? Did you hear what I said? The invasion has began! The invasion!"(Goodrich and Hackett 179). This quote marks the first attempt of the allies invading Germany. This affected Anne's family in a positive, and happy way because it gave them hope that maybe the war would be over soon. Which sparks hope for all the Jewish people either in hiding or in a concentration camp that they could possibly be saved. There were many more then just one event such as D-day for instance the Numerburg Laws.

People can only imagine the terrors that the Jews and other ethnic groups had to go through during the Holocaust in World War II. With Anne Frank’s diary, people can finally put themselves into the scene and captivate all the feelings and sentiments that Anne Frank has poured onto the pages. Anne Frank, her family, and their friends were known for hiding from the German Nazis in the Secret Annex for two years from 1942-1944. Innocent and naive,

Many, many people suffered during the Holocaust war. The Jews in particular were in grave danger. The drama ‘Anne Frank’ outlines so many ways that this historical event caused a shift in the mood of the characters and their relationships. Before the Holocaust, Anne Frank was just an ordinary Jewish girl living in Germany. A German leader named Adolf Hitler developed a plan to destroy the Jews and to rule over the specific places where they lived. What Hitler did to these poor Jews, and the sheer terror they endured at the hands of this Nazi leader is purely unfathomable.

The Holocaust is one of the deadliest genocides in the world with more than eleven million deaths, six million of which were Jews, by the fascist German Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s. The Diary of Anne Frank is a classic piece of literature that has taught numerous minds about the life of a Jew named Anne Frank in hiding during World War II and the Holocaust. This iconic diary has been rewritten and formatted into a play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. In the play, Anne Frank hides in a loft, in the building where her father used to work, with seven other people, three being her family. One of the residents in the loft includes Peter Van Daan, the son of the Van Daans. While living in the “Secret Annex” for more than two years, Peter is seen as a dynamic character who was first shy and introverted, then evolved into a bad-tempered and violent person.

The Diary of Anne Frank is a remarkably moving book about the short life of a young girl and her family. The Holocaust was a horrible time for Jewish people and Anne and her Jewish family’s lives were completely turned upside down as a result. The war resulted in the deaths of countless people, mostly innocent people. Before the invasion on D-day and the end of the war not too long after, the rest of the world didn’t know the real disaster going on over seas. Anne Frank’s once secret diary has introduced the immense suffering and horror that occurred during the Holocaust.

Since the holocaust entered the popular culture in countries such as the USA and Ireland, it was mere public ignorance that led to a variety of representations of the tragedy that was the holocaust. One piece of literature that has impacted many peoples’ opinion on the holocaust comes from the diary of Anne Frank, an adolescent girl who was trapped in hiding during the Nazi occupation of her country. The worldwide popularity of the novel led to over 30 million copies being sold and Andrea Pitzer believes ‘came to represent the American interpretation of the holocaust’. The book offers a unique representation of the holocaust in the sense that we do not hear any information from her journey after she is sent to a concentration camp and do not hear any details of her death. The power and effectiveness of the diary however comes from the historical events that surrounded her account. Kee Ribbon’s believes that Anne Franks diary is ‘sequential art’ and has been used worldwide to help people ‘get a grip on the transnational representation of the historical conflict(WW2) beyond the battlefield’. The personal narrative that she provides in her diary also reaches out to that emotional appeal that hooks the audience in the sense that her in-depth personal experiences interests the readers like that of the work of speigleman.

"The Diary of Anne Frank" tells us a story about how her life as a Jew was drastically changing during the Holocaust and the start of World War II (WWII). She was a very intelligent young woman that had hopes and dreams. Anne was a normal teenager trying to find her way in life. All of that changed when the Nuremburg Race Laws were formed. Her father who was a World War I fighter hid his family and friends in a Secret Annex that was blended in with a normal neighborhood. As she lived for months in the Secret Annex, Frank had written her diary, full of her experiences in the Annex. Everything changed though, when she reached the end of her times in the Annex. Hitler's men had found Anne and her family and friends. This memoir adds in to the

Many people were hurt by Adolf Hitler's plans and one thing he achieved was killing six million Jewish people including children. Anne Frank and her family were one of them. They lived in a secret and tiny annex where Otto used to work. They started off just going to stay there for a few months till the Allied Forces could invade Holland but that didn’t work out. In the drama wrote by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett eight people crowded into annex for 2 long years not being able to go outside. Many historical events were impacted in the drama Anne Frank. Even though these problems took place outside of the secret annex it changed the mood and relationships of the character.

At first, Anne was terrified to go into hiding but her positivity and hope showed and taught many people lessons on how you should look at life. Anne had such a big influence on the people who read her diary. The play that was constructed off of her diary writings really lets us understand how and what Anne was feeling along with the others in the house. The Franks in addition to their friends, had people who helped them out while they were in hiding. This is one reason why Anne would have thought that people were really good at heart. One prime example is Miep Gies. She helped the Franks even though she was not faithful in the Jewish religion. Meip replenished everyone in the group by bringing them what they needed. She had a well thought out tactic that helped her be able to bring supplies to the secret annex. She never gave up on them and helped them through their entire hiding. This shows that people may not believe in the same things as you, but deep in their heart, they are willing to help anyone in need. The group of people hiding in the secret annex was in need, they had no way of getting food or any other supplies. This is where Miep came in to help them. She brought them the food, plus all of the supplies that they needed, therefore, making them live much longer than they should have. In the play, you could tell how happy the family was to see her. On page 326, we read, “Thank you, Miepia. You shouldn’t have done it.” this was