Anne Frank received a diary for her birthday on June 13, 1943. She wrote in it about longing for the war to end as bombs and gunshots could be constantly heard outside. She and her family were hiding from the Nazis in a secret annex, as they would be killed if discovered, living in a small space but grateful to stay alive longer. Anne explained that she and her Jewish family had moved to the Netherlands to escape Hitler, who blamed the Jews for Germany's problems and began killing them, identified by the yellow Star of David. They went into hiding with another Jewish family, supported by employees of Anne's father, living in constant fear of betrayal and deportation.
The Diary of Anne Frank: A Young Girl's Tragic Story of Life in Hiding During the Holocaust
1. THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
JUNE 13 1943
DEAREST KITTY,
IT’S THE FIRST DAY I HAVE WRITTEN IN YOU AS I GOT
YOU FOR MY BIRTHDAY. IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER DAY I
HAVE SPENT LONGING FOR THE WAR TO END-WE ALL
HAVE DREAMS RIGHT? YET MINE SEEM
IMPOSSIBLE.TODAY THERE HAS BEEN MORE BOMBS
AND GUN SHOTS THAN EVER CONSTANTLY GOING
OFF. WE HAD TO KEEP QUIET AS WE ARE IN HIDING
IF ANYONE FOUND OUT ABOUT US WERE ARE BOUND
TO DIE. WE LIVE IN A SMALL SPACE , HOWEVER, I AM
VERY GRATEFUL AS WE DO GET TO KEEP OUR LIVES
FOR LONGER
2. THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
WHO AM I? I AM A JEW. AS OF THE TIME THAT HITLER CAME TO
POWER, I MOVED TO THE NETHERLANDS WITH ALL MY FAMILY MY,
DAD-OTTO FRANK, MY SISTER-MARGOT AND MOTHER-EDITH
FRANK.THIS WAS BECAUSE HITLER DID NOT LIKE THE JEWS HE
BLAMED THEM FOR THE STATE GERMANY WAS IN, HE DESPISED US
SO MUCH THAT HE STARTED KILLING ALL OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
AND WE WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE YELLOW STAR OF DAVID.
BECAUSE OF THIS WE WENT NTO HIDING WITH ANOTHER JEWISH
FAMILY. “The Annex is the ideal place to hide in. It may be damp and
lopsided, but there's probably not a more comfortable hiding place in all of
Amsterdam. No, in all of Holland.”. EMPLOYEES OF MY FATHER
SUPPORTED US WITH FOOD AND CLOTHES AND OTHER THINGS WE
NEEDED. WE ALL LIVED UNDER CONSTANT FEAR AND BETHRAYL
AND DEPORTATION.
MY STAR
3. THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
FRIDAY AUGUST 4TH 1944
A SD OFFICERR AND SERVEAL DUTCH POLICEMEN KNOCKED ON THE
DOOR OF THE SECRET ANNEX. WE WERE BETRAYED. WE WERE TAKEN
TO WESTERBORK, A CONCENTRATION CAMP IN NORTH-EASTERN PART
OF THE NETHERLANDS.WHEN WE ARRIVED WE WAITED FOR THE
INEVITABLE; BEING TAKEN TO ONE OF THE DEATH CAMPS.
SEPTEMBER 2ND 1944
IT WAS OUR TURN. A HORRIBLE TRAIN JOURNEY IN A CRAMMED
FREIGHT CAR .
SEPTEMBER 5TH 1944
WE REACHED OUR DESTINATION. AUSCHWITS. I JUST TURNED 15 I
SURVIVED THE FIRST SELECTION. I HAD TO WORK HARD LABOUR AND I
BECAME WEAKER AND WEAKER.
JANUARY 3RD 1945
MY SISTER AND I WERE TRANSPORTED TO BEGEN-BELSEN I
GAVE IN TO TYPHUS.
6. Judaism…
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JUDAISM HAS ABOUT 13 MILLION FOLLOWERS THROUGHT THE
WORLD MOSTLY IN THE USA AND ISRAEL. APPROXIMATELY
270,100 PEOPLE IN THE UK SAID THAT THEIR RELIGIOUS
IDENTITY WAS JEWISH. JUDIASM ORIGINATED IN THE
MIDDLE EAST OVER 3500 YEARS AGO. MOSES WAS THE MAIN
FOUNDER OF JUDAISM, HOWEVER, JEWS CAN TRACE THEIR
HISTORY BACK AS FAR AS ABRAHAM.