Anne Frank (The Diary That Told A Story). (ANNE=AN) &(NAZIS = ˈnɑːt.

sis) & It was = ee was

Exhaustion= ɪɡˈzɔːtion

• Anne Frank was born in Germany in 1929.

• When she was 4 years old a group of people called the Nazis came to power. Their leader was
called Adolf Hitler.

• The Frank family were Jews and the Nazis hated Jews. Anne, her sister Margot and parents, Otto
and Edith, had to escape from Germany, they went to Holland, but very soon the Nazis had
taken over Holland too. The Frank family were in danger as all Jews were being sent to work
camps.

• It was too late for the family to escape so they had to hide instead. For two years, they hid
behind a secret door in a tiny room in an old house along with four other people, Jewish families
in hiding had to live a life of silence as making noise could give away their hiding place.

• When she was 13 years old in 1942 Anne received a birthday present of a diary, so she began to
write in her diary to relieve the boredom.

• One day, someone told the Nazis that the Franks were hiding in an old house. The Nazis came
and knocked down the secret door, The Nazis found the Frank family and sent them away to the
work camps where they had to perform heavy labour.

• When the war ended only Otto Frank was still alive. Edith had died of exhaustion ɪɡˈzɔːtion and
both Margot and Anne had died of typhus.

• Anne concluded that both Margot and herself were being treated by their parents like little
children. She found she was neater and more efficient and objective than her mother and she
was better at discussion and debates. She felt she was superior to her in many ways-she felt
neither respect nor administration for her mother.

• In the Annexe there was another family with a boy called Peter who was mentioned in her diary,
as she started to fall in love with him.

• A friend of Otto Frank had found Anne’s diary and kept it safe. It was later published as a book
and it is now one of the most famous diaries in the world.
Anne’s Diary (MAIN EVENTS &Ideas)

Food shortage makes life miserable-

Food shortage in the entire Holland, things became very difficult also. Many times, they had to eat
repeatedly the same dishes. no vegetables were available and there was shortage of bread.

Emotional stability-

as time passed in the annex, people seemed to be tired with circumstances. nobody seemed to be
normal.

Disparity between man and women-

Anne often thought about disparity between man and woman. She was not satisfied simple with ‘it is
unfair’. She wished to reach the root of it. Anne thought that woman were dominated because men had
greater physical strength. Women accepted the arrangement for a long time. The longer they accept it,
the deeper it became. But now education, work and progress have opened women’s eyes.Modern
women now look for right to be totally independent. Anne felt that apart from being given equality
women should be respected as well. Anne hopes that in the next century, woman’s role would be more
effective.

Anne and peter’s friendship

The two of them spent quite some time together and they discussed all imaginable topics. She didn’t
feel shy discussing with him what she would have found difficult to discuss with other boys.

Anne gives her views about sex education. She felt that children both sexes should be told everything at
the age of twelve. .She felt that parents refrained from discussing sex with their children, which is
wrong.

Things to learn

-We can learn many things from The Diary of Anne Frank.  This book is about survival.  Many teens can
relate to such a book because Anne goes through all of the normal trials in life, even though she's locked
up.  Anne has a difficult relationship with her mother, as most young girls do.  She often says things to
hurt her mother, yet she can't help her temper and continues to do so as time goes on.  She also goes
through the beginning stages of love.  She and Peter enjoy each others company, and that leads to a
very close bond that many teens experience in their lives. 

-Anne also struggles with her identity.  She finds through her writing that there are two Annes: a good
one and a bad one.  She longs throughout the story to find someone who will relate to her.  All of these
feelings she has can relate to most teen/agers, no matter what year it is.  It is a universal book. 
Although it teaches of the Holocaust and what the Jews went through, it reaches out to the reader to
make the story more realistic and believable. 

“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” (Anne Frank)