Anne Frank Typhus Fever

The next image, a famous image, is of Anne Frank, and it may question people as to what the relation is between Anne Frank and typhus fever. According to the Anne Frank Museum Amsterdam, “Margot and Anne Frank remain in Bergen-Belsen for over three months, until they succumb to the effects of typhus and other hardships of the camp” (“The last days of Margot and Anne Frank”, 1). The story of Anne Frank was one of happiness and sorrow; leading a short life and in that life, she succumbed to the harsh conditions of the Nazi concentration camps; from the unethical treatments the Nazi’s were putting the innocent in and to the unsanitary conditions from which the people had to live in. Not only were the effects of typhus see on the Eastern Front of the war, but it also spread to other places, places with similar poor sanitary conditions and close quarter living. At first, the fever was on the Eastern, leading to many of the Serbian forces and of the refugees, to succumb to the disease. But, as the war progressed on both sides, fever and fear spread. It not only affected the Serbians, but it also infected more on the Eastern Front and the Western Front and this can be attributed to the American poster of the typhus
The image shows many of the deceased on the ground with American reporters surrounding the bodies at the liberated concentration camp, Dachau. American forces liberated the concentration camps and as stated in the Jewish Virtual Library, “Typhus epidemics became a serious problem as a result of overcrowding, poor sanitary conditions, insufficient provisions and the weakened state of the prisoners” (“Dachau Concentration Camp: History & Overview,” 1). In comparison with the Eastern front and the conditions of the concentration camp, Bergen-Belsen, this concentration camp also had seen its share in poor conditions leading to a number of health problems, including