THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Sometimes I think

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK “Sometimes I think God is trying to test me, both now and in the future. I'll have to become a good person on my own, without anyone to serve as model or advise me, but it'll make me stronger in the end” -Anne Frank

ANNE FRANK(1929 – 1945) Anne Frank was born on 12 June 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany, the second daughter of Otto Frank and Edith Frank-Holländer. Margot Frank was her elder sister. The Franks were liberal Jews.

THE STORY OF ANNE FRANK

AFTER ARRESTING On 4 August 1944, everyone in the Secret Annex is arrested. Someone has betrayed them. They are deported first to the Westerbork transit camp, and then on to Auschwitz. Otto Frank is the only person from the Secret Annex to survive the camps. The others all die. Hermann van Pels is Betrayed! murdered in the gas chambers, and Auguste is thrown in front of a train during a transport. The others die of disease. Anne dies in Bergen-Belsen in March 1945, at the age of 15.

OTTO FRANK After the war, Otto Frank devotes himself to working for human rights and respect. He answers thousands of letters from people who have read his daughter’s diary. The diary is translated, and adapted to both film and theatre. People all over the world get to know Anne Frank’s story, and are deeply touched.

“I hope I shall be able to confide in you completely, as I have never been able to do in anyone before, and I hope that will be a great support and comfort to me”.

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