. . . 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 . . .
hey im into the Holocaust but that was really sad. has anyone heard of the Nuremburg trail…well, they tried nazis in 1946 and some were accuitted… others were sentenced to be hanged. wll i think they should have been put through the same as those they tormented…get a little of their own medicine!! i think anne was very brave and iv read her diary…it was great. email me if u wanna: http://www.allielvscntry1@aim.com
i feel bad for what happend i read the book and watched the movie. it is horrible for what the germans did. im german and its a discrase. people shouldnt do that just because they think oh there jews they deserve to get what they get because they are jews. people cant help or choose were they are born or if they are jews or german or american.it dosnt matter we all have a heart eyes mouth nose, we are all the same!!! my dad always says ether every one is specail or no one is dont hate someone because there diverent then you. wemon,men,and,children did not deserve to be treated this way, and they still dont. anns dairy proves it!!! if she was a live to day she would probly be a great person and leader.
im only 13 but i do no its rong and people should try to be beter then they realy are for the children so they grow up being good people and leaving in a good world
i fing it realy bad that people will judge you all because of you’re religion!and that they be;ive what one man is saying anne frank was a strong independent young teen thats why i admire annne frank.
It’s amazing to me that the diary survived, that it was published and that so many people have read it, and yet so little changes. To read the words of that child, to see the world so beautiful and so broken at once, is an amazing experience. In her diary, our eyes and hearts are open to what it is to be innocent, to be brutalized, terrorized and murdered for no reason. It happens to children everyday, all over the world. Pedophilia, child abuse, neglect, abortion, abandonment – these are things that are brought onto children which we can prevent. But we don’t. It is right to lament the death of Anne Frank, to wonder what would have become of her if she had survived. But what of the others? I think this diary speaks for every child, at every time, no matter what awful thing they must press on through.
God bless the children.
anne frank is not very popular but i wish every body knew about her. rob and raul and bob are idiots because anne is a real hero.
that is so sad
Reincarnation? are you crazy? There are plenty of spirits out there that would Love to deceive you to think you are someone. Dont believe them, they are trying to deceive you. They play to be our friend and then you will walk away hurt.
Dont be a fool…
Learn lessons from the dairy, but dont seek to identify. You might get a surprise visit
I read and studied her life and her family. I think she was a very brave girl. She was so young to die because she was only 16. I felt sorry for her father because he came home to no family. I learned all about her and her family but I have a few questions like, what it was like to made fun for being a Jew and what it would be like to be in hiding and being with another family in a tiny place and sharing a room, and having your sister die. ,Ashley
She was barely a teenager. Where did she get so much courage? She never complained, never blamed God for what was happening.
I think it’s good she got to experience being in love before she died.
I really respect this girl who went too early to Heaven.
i’m reading the book at home these days,it’s not the first time now, i had this book more than 8 years now,i have a copy of 1955,it’s still very good,eveytime it makes me live with Anne thru her diary,it’s really awesome.
Ler o Diário de Anne Frank foi uma das melhores experiências que tive,acredito que tudo o que ela e sua família viveram, juntamente com outros milhões de judeus, mudou a história do mundo.E fez também que o mesmo os olhassem de modo diferente. E com certeza nunca será o mesmo, porque Anne Frank emocionou o mundo com seus relatos.
Também li uma biografia, e um livro de sua amiga Hanneli, onde ela conta os últimos momentos de Anne em vida.
Tive a oportunidade de conhecer o Museu de Anne Frank e lugares que costumava ir antes de se refujiarem. Para mim Anne foi uma garota espetacular e corajosa e sempre vai ser lembrada com muito orgulho.
E sua história serviu para que eu melhorasse aida mais como ser humano!
i have alot of diffrent opinions about what happend during the holocaust. One for instance is that i wish that we could have prevented it from happening. I wish we would have known what kind of man hitler was and stopped him before he did anything. im in 8th grade going to 9th and i barley realized everything thats happened in the world like slavery and the holocaust and 9/11… how do we stop this maddness from getting any worst. Critisize me if u want but i wish everyone would realize how bad the world has come. Anne Frank was just a loving caring human being…. a young girl… who had to die because of what WE let happen… if she were alive today i’m sure she would have still told the people responsible that she forgave them. What happened was a tragedy, but if she can forgive them then i guess we can to.
I just watched the diary of anne frank movie the 1959 version it was a sad movie.
hey…i heard a lot of things about Anne Frank’s diary,but i never got to read it:S can anyone tell me what’s i all abou and what’s so sad?
please?
I feel so connected to her. I miss Anne so much. If she were still alive, I would ask her of her life. She will always live on in our hearts, thought.
if they had just gone to belson in the first place instead of hideing then you would have nothing to write about here.
I admire Anne Frank i have her book poor anne frank she must have suffered if anyone reads this and you want to learn more abot anne frank you can go to youtube.com and type in anne frank and you will see a bunch of videos
Anne your diary is the best I ever read.You always live in the hearts of many.
Hitler, you are a very sad person. Are you lonely? People like you are best ignored. If the only way you can get any attention or feel that you have an impact on others is to laugh about the misfortunes or trgedies of others you must be very sad. I hope that you are never a parent because that would just be a tragedy in itself. Grow up sad person.
i love anne frank!