Anne Frank

Being of the Jewish faith during the holocaust was very hard and brought with it many dangerous and different environments. This was because of Nazis arresting Jews and taking them to concentration camps which were more or less death camps. One especially famous Jewish group of people from the holocaust were the residents of the Annex. They consisted of 8 people with 2 families, the Franks, and the Van Daans. They also had a dentist stay with them named Mr. Dussel. The names of all the people were Margot Frank, who was the oldest child, Anne Frank, who was a teenager like Margot and wrote a diary, Mr. and Mrs. Frank, Peter Van Daan, the Van Daan’s only son, Mr. and Mrs.Van Daan, and of course Mr. Dussel. They all hid away from the Nazis in

The residents got their food and supplies from Miep Gies, and Mr.Kraler. Miep and Mr.Kraler used rationing books to get them the food. In The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne says, “Our weekly lunch menu consists of brown beans. Split pea soup, potatoes with dumplings, potato kugel and, by the grace of god, turnip greens or rotten carrots, and back to brown beans.” However she goes on to say, “because of the bread shortage, we eat potatoes at every meal. So, we can conclude that though they have a selection of simple meals, they are not always the best, hence the rotten carrots. They also imply that if there are any shortages or challenges in getting the food it will affect their meals directly. Also, by the end of The Diary of Anne Frank, after Mr. Van Daan is revealed stealing food for himself, Mr. Dussel decided to spread all the food out evenly and proceeded to pass out the (not exactly fresh) potatoes. This can imply that at the time they had barely anything other than rotten potatoes, and that they were deprived of food. Mrs. Frank in lines 1209- 1212, says to Mr. Van Daan, “… I see the children getting thinner and thinner. Your own son Peter…I’ve heard him moan in his sleep, he’s so hungry!” This also shows the impact of the food shortage towards the end of their stay in the