How Did Anne Frank Not Survive The Holocaust?

World War 1 was supposed to be the first and last “great war”. Therefore, twenty years later in the 1940’s nobody expected a new world war to come about, a new world war that would be known as World War 2. World War 2 lasted from 1939 until 1945, and during that time frame approximately 100 million people were killed. In the 100 million people that were killed, 11 million were murdered from a mass murdering called the Holocaust. However, in that 11 million that were killed approximately 6 million of those were European Jews. Before World War 2, the word “Holocaust” was used to describe a sacrificial offering burned on an altar, but after World War 2 the word “Holocaust” had a brand new meaning. The Holocaust is now known as Hitler’s “final

However, it is different than the previous novels stated because Anne Frank was not a survivor of the holocaust but her words are. Even though Anne Frank did not survive the Holocaust Otto Frank, which is Anne’s father, survived the Holocaust and fulfilled the dreams of one of his late daughters by telling the world of her diary. Anne Frank received this diary as one of her presents on her 13th birthday, not knowing this diary would forever change the world. Anne’s older sister, Margot, received a letter to report to a Nazi work camp in Germany and on July 6 1942 Anne went into hiding along with her father Otto, mother Edith, and sister Margot. While in hiding they were joined by another family and a dentist named Fritz. The rooms they were hiding in was behind a movable bookcase. They remained hidden for a little over two years until the Nazi soldiers found them and took them to concentration camps. Otto Frank lost everything his family, friends, home, and life but he did have one thing and that was Anne Frank’s diary. Otto Frank was determined to let the world hear his lost daughter’s written words and thanks to Otto Frank Anne Frank is still alive in memory by the everlasting