Mr. Voskuijl made them handmade gifts such as an ashtray for Mr. van Daan, a picture frame for Mr. Dussel, and bookends for Mr. Frank. Frank writes on page 77, “Today we heard that Mr. van Daan’s ashtray, Mr. Dussel’s picture frame and Father’s bookends were made by none other than Mr. Voskuijl,”. This shows that kindness can be found everywhere because this man that they did originally know decided to make gifts for people that were considered the enemy because they were Jewish. Mr. Voskuijl knew
her sister, the van Pels family (called the van Daan family by Anne), and Fritz Pfeffer (called Alfred Dussel by Anne), as well as the war going on around her, and her hopes for the future. When she filled up her original diary, Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl, two of the family's helpers,brought her ledgers and loose sheets of paper to continue
she has become more mature and began to feel more emotionally independent. She notes how life in the Annexe is boring her. Her relationship with Peter is no longer as close. Previously, the helpers who provided them with food were arrested, and Mr. Voskuijl was diagnosed with cancer, with little time left to live. Things seemed to be going drastically downhill. Near the end of July, 1944, Anne writes about an attempt to assassinate Hitler. Anne writes about how she hopes that this proves that the Germans
Everyone who has heard of the Holocaust most likely knows of the famous Anne Frank. Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who managed to go into hiding from the Nazis in the 1940s. She wrote down her experiences in a journal until she was found, and is generally the best-remembered of the Holocaust victims, but how did she survive? Who helped the Frank family hide, and kept them alive when they were in hiding? The Jews who were sent to concentration camps were not the only brave and suffering people
Today, I am going to discuss the bestselling, fictional novel, The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. In her book, Annelise Marie – better known as Anne Frank, documents her experiences during the Holocaust and World War II (WWII). Readers are better able to get a feel for the suspense going on and emotion that Jews experienced, through a teenage mind. Anne Frank was only about 13 when she began writing about her book and 14 during hiding. She talks about the dangers of outside, bombings, shootings
company.” (Annefrank.org) Then additionally a dentist moved in for his protection as well. They had multiple people who helped them with this safety and allowed them to stay there. The people helping were Victor Kugler, Johannes Kleiman, Johan Voskuijl, Bep Voskuijl, Jan Gies, and finally Miep Gies. Miep has been one of the key parts of keeping them safe, and why we know about this today. Miep had been the one who had kept Anne Frank's writings after the families had eventually been caught hiding and
While living in the secret annex, the Franks and the van Daans faced many strict rules to ensure their safety. The annex residents imposed the rules of no talking during the day, no walking during the daytime, and no outdoor activities or exit outside of their hiding area. The rule of no talking and no walking around during the daytime was put in place so the members of the annex would not be discovered. During the day, the office building had workers inside until 5:30 which made life in the annex
Annelies Marie Frank (the full name of Anne Frank) was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Her parents were Otto and Edith Frank. Anne was the second daughter; her sister Margot was three years older. Anne’s father worked at his family’s bank. Her mother's job was to take care of everything at home. Margot and Anne were carefree girls and they had many friends in their neighborhood. However, their parents were worried. Adolf Hitler and his party had made the Jews the scapegoat
British troops freed Bergen-Belsen on April 15, 1945. SS. The two helpers are sent to the Amersfoort camp. Johannes Kleiman is released shortly after his arrest and six months later Victor Kugler escapes. Immediately after the arrests Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl rescue Anne's diary and papers that have been left behind in the secret building. even though there is the existence of intensive interagation it has never been clear how the hiding place was
Johannes Kleiman, Miep Gies, Bep Voskuijl, and Victor Kugler kept their secret from the other employees working in the warehouse on the ground floor. The fewer people that knew, the better. Everyone had to be extremely quiet during the working hours, but at night and on weekends they
Imagine being isolated from the rest of the world in plain sight. Hiding from your country so you wouldn’t be captured and sent to concentration camps to die. Well, this is how the majority of Jewish people lived. They lived in fear and in hiding to be captured during World War II. Anne Frank and her family were one of the millions of Jews that were prosecuted and hunt down by the Nazis. These people were normal people just like us but they were considered "dangerous" just because they had a different
The Holocaust in the 1940’s is defined as “the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime during the period 1941–45. More than 6 million European Jews, as well as members of other persecuted groups, such as gypsies and homosexuals, were murdered at concentration camps such as Auschwitz” (Holocaust 1). The Nazi regime was a tragic time for Jewish people living in many European countries including, Poland, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, France, Belgium, Italy, Norway, Greece, Romania