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    Anne Frank, the writer of the diary first begins writing on her thirteenth birthday, June 12, 1942, and ends shortly after her fifteenth. The diary was the most famous personal account of the Holocaust. The diary of Anne Frank was written in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Anne and her family were a Jewish family, originally from Germany. The Franks had moved to the Netherlands in the years leading up to World War II to escape persecution in Germany. After the Germans invaded the Netherlands in 1940

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    Anne Frank, a girl who left us a diary of her struggles, has greatly impacted lives all over the world. She is probably one of the most successful young writers of all time. Anne’s life-long dream of becoming a famous writer and living beyond her death has become reality. Her diary has informed people of the harsh reality of war life in hiding, therefore she lives on. When people learn about Anne’s life they can understand more about her. Millions of books are being made and sold to this day, spreading

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    Anne Frank and her family were in hiding for two years in an attic. Anne was suppose to go work at a camp in Germany, but they made an escape and said they flew out somewhere else but actually they went to hide in an attic behind a store it was a secret door hidden behind a shelf. While living in the attic Anne Frank wrote everything in a diary. “On August 4, 1944, the Gestapo (German Secret State Police) discovered the hiding place after being tipped off by an anonymous Dutch caller” (Holocaust

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    interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl.” - Anne Frank. Anne Frank was a German-born diarist during the Holocaust in 1942 and gained popularity after her death in 1945 with the publication of ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’, which sold about 30 million copies in 67 languages. During Anne Frank’s childhood, her and her sister played a lot with their neighbours, living in Marbachweg, Frankfurt at that time. Annelies Marie Frank was born on June 12, 1929, in the old German city of Frankfurt

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    Anne Frank makes me feel useless because she was going through a horrible situation that lead her to her death and I'm over here in “the land of the free” still feeling like I need more and want more. Her writing made me feel like if I was in that attic looking out the window to something I would never be able to go back to, which is my life. She was a new writer who was so confident and aggressive around others but she thought she was weak and uncertain of who she really is and how she felt. The

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    Anne Frank was a young, Jewish girl who lived in the Netherlands. After Hitler had taken over the country, Anne and her family had to go into hiding to avoid being taken away to a concentration camp. She was taken to a secret annex, where she had to live with another family. These people may have mistreated her, but she still kept positive characteristics and gained new ones too. The question from the prompt was, " What are three positive characteristics that you see in Anne Frank." It also asks

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    Diary Of Anne Frank Essay

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    "We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same." These are the wise words of Anne Frank. The diary, Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl, follows the journey of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl, and her life as it transforms from being a normal girl to being forced into hiding during World War II. Anne Frank spends two years living with the van Daans, another family, and Mr.Dussel in the secret annex above her father's office in the Netherlands before they

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    “How wonderful it is that nobody needs to wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” The Diary of Anne Frank tells the illustrious story of a young Jewish girl hiding from Nazis during Hitler’s third reich. Through the influential voice of Anne Frank and her unrelenting positivity, this eloquent play drives its readers to enjoy life rather than endure it. Anne Frank’s optimism throughout her most difficult time prompts readers of her writing to appreciate what they have. “As long

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    Annelies Marie Frank (also known as Anne Frank) is a Holocaust victim and famous diarist. “I keep my ideas, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart” - Anne Frank. Even though people may have a bad persona they could be really good at heart/ a soft spot. Anne may have been trouble in the past but she seemed that she had a good place in her heart for certain people. Anne Frank was an important figure in history because of the diary that she kept during World

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    serious thing, this can cause a person to go insane or make someone very depressed because they are separated from everyone else. In Anne Frank they do have other people hiding with them, but that is not the same as being with a friend or walking down the street and encountering another human. The secret annex had the same people in it until Mr. Dussel came to hide with Anne and her family. The people in hiding were worried because that is another person to help, but they must have felt excited to see

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