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    Anne Frank wrote a diary while in hiding from the Nazis for two years during World War II. She wrote candidly about the deportations and deaths of Jews, the brutal punishments inflicted by the Nazis on resistors, and the pressure on students to support the Nazi regime. Anne found an outlet through writing in her diary, and believed it would be collected after the war to share her experiences. Despite the suffering she witnessed, she maintained her optimism and ideals that people are good at heart.

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    Anne Frank wrote a diary while in hiding from the Nazis for two years during World War II. She wrote candidly about the deportations and deaths of Jews, the brutal punishments inflicted by the Nazis on resistors, and the pressure on students to support the Nazi regime. Anne found an outlet through writing in her diary, and believed it would be collected after the war to share her experiences. Despite the suffering she witnessed, she maintained her optimism and ideals that people are good at heart.

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    In Put Anne Frank

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    Anne Frank wrote a diary while in hiding from the Nazis for two years during World War II. She wrote candidly about the deportations and deaths of Jews, the brutal punishments inflicted by the Nazis on resistors, and the pressure on students to support the Nazi regime. Anne found an outlet through writing in her diary, and believed it would be collected after the war to share her experiences. Despite the suffering she witnessed, she maintained her optimism and ideals that people are good at heart.

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    The Diary of Anne Frank

    Annesprofoundlypowerfulwordsandinsightscoveredarangeoftopicsandemotionsduring
    hertwoyearsinhiding.ThesefewexcerptsdemonstratewhyAnneFrankismorerelevantthan
    evertoday.

    OnDeportations
    "OurmanyJewishfriendsandacquaintancesarebeingtakenawayindroves.TheGestapois
    treatingthemveryroughlyandtransportingthemincattlecarstoWesterbork,thebigcampin
    Drenthetowhichthey'resendingalltheJews....Ifit'sthatbadinHolland,whatmustitbelikein
    thosefarawayanduncivilizedplaceswheretheGermansaresendingthem?Weassumethat
    mostofthemarebeingmurdered.TheEnglishradiosaysthey'rebeinggassed."
    October9,
    1942

    OnNaziPunishmentofResistors
    "Haveyoueverheardtheterm'hostages'?That'sthelatestpunishmentforsaboteurs.It'sthe
    mosthorriblethingyoucanimagine.Leadingcitizensinnocentpeoplearetakenprisonerto
    awaittheirexecution.IftheGestapocan'tfindthesaboteur,theysimplygrabfivehostagesand
    linethemupagainstthewall.Youreadtheannouncementsoftheirdeathinthepaper,where
    they'rereferredtoas'fatalaccidents'."

    October9,1942

    "Allcollegestudentsarebeingaskedtosign
    anofficialstatementtotheeffectthatthey
    'sympathizewiththeGermansandapprove
    oftheNewOrder."Eightypercenthave
    decidedtoobeythedictatesoftheir
    conscience,butthepenaltywillbesevere.
    Anystudentrefusingtosignwillbesenttoa
    Germanlaborcamp."
    May18,1943

    OnWritingandHerDiary
    "Mr.Bolkestein,theCabinetMinister,speakingontheDutchbroadcastfromLondon,saidthat
    afterthewaracollectionwouldbemadeofdiariesandlettersdealingwiththewar.Ofcourse,
    everyonepouncedonmydiary."
    March29,1944

    "WhenIwrite,Icanshakeoffallmycares."
    April5,1944

    DescribingherDespair
    "I'vereachedthepointwhereIhardlycarewhetherIliveordie.Theworldwillkeeponturning
    withoutme,andIcan'tdoanythingtochangeeventsanyway.I'lljustletmatterstaketheir
    courseandconcentrateonstudyingandhopethateverythingwillbeallrightintheend."

    February3,1944


    "...buttheminuteIwasaloneIknewIwasgoingtocrymyeyesout.Islidtothefloorinmy
    nightgownandbeganbysayingmyprayers,veryfervently.ThenIdrewmykneestomychest,
    laymyheadonmyarmsandcried,allhuddleduponthebarefloor.Aloudsobbroughtme
    backdowntoearth..."
    April5,1944

    OnHerOldCountry,
    Germany
    "Finespecimensofhumanity,
    thoseGermans,andtothink
    I'mactuallyoneofthem!No,
    that'snottrue,Hitlertookaway
    ournationalitylongago.And
    besides,therearenogreater
    enemiesonearththanthe
    GermansandJews."
    October
    9,1942

    OnStillBelieving
    "ItsawonderIhavent
    abandonedallmyideals,theyseemsoabsurdandimpractical.YetIclingtothembecauseIstill
    believe,inspiteofeverything,thatpeoplearetrulygoodatheart.
    Itsutterlyimpossibleformetobuildmylifeonafoundationofchaos,sufferinganddeath.Isee
    theworldbeingslowlytransformedintoawilderness,Iheartheapproachingthunderthat,one
    day,willdestroyustoo,Ifeelthesufferingofmillions.Andyet,whenIlookupatthesky,I
    somehowfeelthateverythingwillchangeforthebetter,thatthiscrueltytooshallend,that
    peaceandtranquilitywillreturnoncemore"
    July15,1944

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