Anne Frank Selflessness

Are people really righteous or nefarious in essence? In the article, 1933--Hitler Comes to Power, by Patricia Smith, the reader is told of events leading, during, and after Hitler’s reign as Chancellor of Germany. In the play, The Diary of Anne Frank, written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Anne Frank’s story of hiding in the Secret Annex is communicated through her father reading her diary and a third person point of view. Anne states in her diary that “in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” Anne is correct, which is shown through the Franks’ kindness, President Hindenburg and Adolf Hitler’s selflessness, but proven wrong by the Fire in Reichstag, and then right again with Miep and Mr. Kraler’s