Anne Frank's Diary During The Holocaust

The Holocaust was a traumatic event during the 1930s and 1940s. About 5,860,000 Jews died during this time (Wigoder 3: 370). This event happened because of the Nazi party led by a man named Adolph Hitler. He did this because of people’s religion, race, and beliefs. They sent them to a concentration camp for training or death.One person sent to a concentration camp was a young girl named Anne Frank. She was and is a very famous girl because of her recording that time of her life by writing a diary during the Holocaust. Although the Holocaust was a very terrible time in history, many people only learned of it because of Anne Frank’s life and her works.
“Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany”(“Born”). Her parents were named Otto and Edith Frank. Anne Frank had one older sibling named Margot.“Anne Frank and her sister died in a concentration camp from a disease called typhus”(“Born”). Anne Frank and her family’s religion were Jewish. She enjoyed writing as a young girl. Anne was given a diary for her 13 birthday (The Holocaust 2: 144). She continued her writing in a form of a diary during her imprisonment in a concentration camp and her period of hiding.
Anne Frank, her family and 4 other Jews were hiding (“Born”). “They were hiding in a
Surrounded by evil and death she still did something she loved, writing. The Nazis took away possessions, separated families, but could not take away her love. The people in our present world can learn from the Holocaust by seeing and understanding its parallel similarities to Islamic aggression against Christians. It occurs around the world but especially in the Middle East. Thousands of Christians die each year in the name of radical Islamic morals much like the Nazis. My life can be related to the experience of Anne Frank by showing me that if I am passionate about something deep in my heart it can’t be taken away by anyone or