. . . everything can be taken from a man except one thing: the last of the human freedoms–to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
On this date — September 2 — in 1944, Anne Frank was among 1,019 people on the 68th and last train from Holland to Auschwitz. Anne and others hiding with her had been betrayed and captured a month before and held in the Westerbork detention center.
The Frank family had gone into hiding two years earlier, in July 1942, after Anne’s sister, Margot, received a call-up notice to report for deportation to a labor camp.
Anne was at Auschwitz for two months, then at Bergen-Belsen, where she and Margot died four months later of typhus, just a few weeks before the camp was liberated.
Anne’s father, Otto, was liberated from Auschwitz by the Russian Army on January 27, 1945. His wife, Edith, had died the previous day.
Otto Frank was taken first to Odessa and then to France before being allowed to return to Amsterdam. He did not learn the whereabouts of his daughters until October 24, when he received a letter informing him they had died at Bergen-Belsen.
This unfortunately was not an unusual family trajectory for European Jews in the 1940s. Anne Frank is remembered from among millions of others because she maintained a blog — I mean diary — so that her experiences, what she did, the thoughts she had, and everything she suffered was not lost.
I suppose the same holds true for everyone, with or without a diary — nothing is lost, nothing can be undone . . . and it may be possible for a life that appears to be quite pointless at the time to attain a meaning, a purpose, even through suffering, failure and death . . .
umm……i feel so bad for her she died rite b4 the camp was bein liberated…..n i can actually relate to her…..R.I.P. ps…i dnt beleive she is rencarnated
Hey,
My name is Kevin, I am 13 and my family is German. I feel sad that my people have done such horrible things to Jews and other people, and it is the responsibility of EVERY ONE of us, YOU and YOU who is reading this to make sure it never havens again. I have tons of respect for Anne Frank, all the guys who say it was a bad book, really should be ashamed.
Thanks for postling the Ann Frank it was aa wounderful page , I love learning about Ann Frank she is a wounderful person and i love reading and looking back to see how it was in the hard times. It shows how much we have learned about treating people the right way…
Thanks for postig your paper on this site it has been wounderful reading about Ann Frank again i never get tired of reading about her i wish was still alive to tell her story to people !!!!! keep going
Shalom:Jesus los bendiga a Todos.Ana Frank una Campeona nos presenta el lado Humano del Holocausto Privado que ella paso junto a su Familia escondida de unos individuos Totalmente erroneo de su Consepto de Vida.Anna Frank nos deja un Enorme deseo de Vivir y Creer en Dios El unico que nos puede sacar de el holocausto que cada uno tenemos en la Vida.
Ariba la Vida
Yeshua[Jesu] es la Vida
I’m srtongly convinced that maybe my family tree goes back to her. I haved searched but it’s difficult to get info on and i know not to much about my Grandfather but i know that his family was German….. If someone knows a way that i can actually find out if weere blood connected please e-mail me.. thank’s…
http://www.wilhemfrank@hotmail.com
I LOVE THE BOOK AND MOVIE OF ANNE FRANK ITS REALLY SAD THAT THATS HOW HER CHILDHOOD ENDED AND I REALLY FEEL BAD FOR THE FRANK FAMILY THATS REALLY MEST UP SERIUSLY I WOULD DIE IF I WAS IN ANNES PLACE REALLY BAD IM SORRY ANNE FRANK LOTS OF ? TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY REST IN PEACE
In school we are doing famous people and I chose Anne Frank ,and it was very sad that she died when she was only 15 years old of typhus disase at a jewish secondary camp.
Mrs.Houck’s student,Korinne Rhoads
I’m in 4th grade and I just read her diary. Anne Was an unbelievable young woman. She went through so much, but she still looked at it in a good way! I have mixed feelings when I think of the haulocaust I feel mad and sad and just hopeless like the many victims. It’s so hard to imagine an actual human could be so horrible!RIP Anne,Margot,Edith,Peter,Mrs.VD, and Mr.VD. Anne was amazing and I think anyone who went through the haulocaust even if they died they were the most brave and extraodinary people to live!
I’ve always considered the Holocaust as a terrible tradgedy and horrible attempt for genocide. I have also always wondered, what made Hitler so cruel. Did he have a harsh childhood, which led to the state where there could only be a perfect race? Or perhaps he was mentally ill in some way. Some people believe that he was a good soldier during the wars. He may have been. But when it came to the gaining of power and becoming the chancellor of Germany, he was cruel. Being apart of the Nazi organization also increased his power over provinces in several countries, therefore leading to attempted genocide for several people, though mostly Jews.
I have also recently read the Diary of Anne Frank, and have been doing a research project in my AP World History on this event. I was very upset and even found myself angry from the horrible things that Hitler and the Nazis forced these innocent people to do. Anne was very strong for her age, and very persistant. She never gave up, even when she was ill. In the concentration camps, Anne became severly infected with Scabies, lost her mother, was seperated from her father,and was dealing with her sister Margot’s poor health.
This demonstrates how strong emotionally and physically she was. Many people of several faiths even today, remember her for her courage when many of us may have snapped or finally broke. She held on a little longer, and though she didn’t make it through, her father survived and published her beloved diary.
I for one admire her greatly for the accomplishment she made in so little time, by explaining the life from a Jewish girl’s prospective during WWII’s Holocaust. ^_^
Anne Frank was a wonderful young women. I can not believe that she died when she was soooooooo young. My wish is to meet here because I have soooo many questions for her. I bet right now, as you are reading this, somebody up in Heaven is asking her what is what like. I bet if I did meet her, she is probably as nice as she sounds. I read her diary, but then my library took my book away from me because I had it for two weeks. If anyone agrees, you can send me a message at CarleeShamrock10@AOL.com
Dear Anne,
You Rock!!! I thing that you are oine of the most talked about Holocaust victum ever to live. You are such and insperation to me. I hope you story will live on forever.
Anne I wish you were alive and thet no jew would of suffored the way you and many others did in that time of year. It makes me sad i wish it would of never happened… i wish every body was still alive and that all you went through and everybody else too was just a dream…juat a horrible nightmare…
oi eu curti muito o livro de anne frank
ela era muito inteligente e tambem sofreu muito,
ela foi muito
forte por ter conseguido vencer
todos aqueles problemas
fiquei muito triste por ela ter
falecido tao nova!!!!
sei o q ela sentia pois eu tenho 14 anos
a mesma idade q ela possuia
quandofoi para o anexo!!!!
Dear Anne,
As a child I read the book of your memories. I was impacted by your history, and how could a child, you, write and lived that horrible moments.
Now, in my golden age made a visit to Amsterdam and paid a visit to the front of your “jail” with the church behind.
Could not enter into the house, had enough just staying in silence there.
All my love. You’re in fact an angel.
thank you anne for existing one day and show me through your writting who good is to be alive, free… you have no idea how much you help this little person that admires your inocence and courage.
Anne morreu com uma morte MUITO TRAGICA….
Tadinha dela……Descanse em PAZ Annelis Marie Frnak.
When the first time I saw Anne Frank’s Biography Book (The Complete Story, it was translated into indonesian language) at a book store, I felt “in love” with her. I didn’t have enough money to buy that book until I had to wait after 4 months. I used to think about that book before I bought it. Finally after 4 months, I’ve tried to search that book at the same store. That time, I was pretty upset because I couldn’t find the book. But I have a great feeling that the book was still on it’s place. I searched it again and with an enormous feeling, I finally found it! It was not like a new one but the important thing is that I own it right now! This book makes my mind and heart clearly open especially when I tried to open something secretly. I remember her words :
“A paper is much more patient than humans”
That makes me go on further by keeping the emotional feelings on the papers…
Anne Frank, you are one of my motivator.