In the 1930’s, Miep got a job in the Opekta company, a jam making business. This company was where Otto and Miep meet, and they became good friends. (1)On July 16, 1941, Jan and Miep were married. (“Miep Gies”)While Otto was at war, he asked if the newly wedded couple would be willing to risk their lives by hiding his family from the Nazis. (2)They agreed quickly, and they helped as much as they could to every demand. (1)…
Annelies Marie Frank was born on June 12, 1929 to Edith and Otto Frank. Anne’s sister, Margot Betti Frank, was three years older. The Franks were German-Jews, which around the 1940’s was a very dangerous belief to have. For Anne’s thirteenth birthday she received a red and white checkered autograph album in which she used as her diary. Around this time the Holocaust was just beginning to really kick into high gears and extremes for the Jews.…
They had spent two years of their life in the Secret Annex for all to come to end because they were found just weeks before the end of World War Two. Mr.Frank was the only one of the eight hiding to survive the camps. He later returned to the Annex and found Anne’s famous diary. Anne, Margot, and Mrs.Van Daan died in Bergen-Belsen. Furthermore, Mrs.Frank, Mr.Van Daan died in the dreaded extermination camp of Auschwitz. Additionally, Peter Van Daan deceased at Mauthausen Concentration Camp, Austria. Finally, Mr.Dussel died of Enterocolitis in Neuengamme, Germany. For those two years communication with outsiders was very limited. Therefore, they had found other ways to pass the abundant amount of hours during the two years of their hiding. Think if you were one of the eight people in the…
Anne was stuck in the Annex with a boy who became a good friend and had her first kiss.…
Imagine not being able to go outside for over two years and living with another family you have never met. As difficult as this may seem to believe, this is exactly what the Frank family and the Van Pels family had to go through, along with many other restrictions on their daily life. After the innocent killing of Jews during the Holocaust began, thousands of Jewish families were forced into hiding just like the Franks and Van Pels. Miep was one non-Jew who helped these families stay hidden by providing them with food, information, and many other items. They hid in the secret Annex in the back of Mr. Frank’s warehouse. To ensure they were well hidden, they disguised the door leading to the Annex as a bookcase. Mr. and Mrs. Frank had two…
During World War II, the Franks and the Van Daans were hiding in a small area of two to three rooms, with a single window, in the attic of an office building in Amsterdam. In her diary, Anne refers to it as the "secret annex." For two years, these close quarters serve as a shelter and protection for the families against the Nazi enemy. While in hiding, problems and the characters' true natures evolved, revealing their differing personalities and value systems. Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who writes a diary of her experiences during World War II, tells about the major characters in the play. The two characters that I chose to compare were Otto Frank, Anne's father and the only survivor of the group hiding, and Mr. Van Daan, Otto Frank's Jewish associate.…
Anne was born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany. She was a very intelligent and perceptive teenager. She wrote the diary. She was raised with some virtues, such as being innocent, tempestuous and precocious. She thought about her older sister that Margot was pretty, smart, emotional, and everyone’s favorite, although Margot was jealous of her. Both died of typhus in the concentration camp back to back.…
Anne began to mature in the annex while writing in her diary given to her by her father. Writing the diary helped her to understand her frustrations and feelings. It helped her to discover who she was as well as not to take anything for granted. The diary helped her see how immature she was and how she had treated her mother bad and the Van Daans. She started treating them nicer. She was the only one that gave everyone a Hanukkah gift. When she realized she could talk to Peter, she realized not to take their friendship for granted because at the time, Peter was really the only friend she had.…
Miep Gies was an amazing women. In the face of the horror of the Holocaust, and at the risk of her own life, she chose to step up and do the right thing. During 1946, the situation for the Jews are getting worst, the Frank family decided to go into hiding. Miep agreed to be helper, bring them supplies and food. “People should never think that…
They were in hiding for around 25 months thanks to Mr. Frank. He made sure no one went outside of the annex. Otto had a very caring heart and even though he knew there was very little food and little space he still let…
In The city of Amsterdam in 1942, Miep Gies (1909-2010) was an office assistant to a gentleman named Otto Frank. During this time Miep Gies led the ordinary life of a young woman during World War II. She was a reliable secretary, enjoyed many social activities, and was well loved by her friends, family, and foster family. One afternoon, Miep Gies, by answering an immediate yes to a question put forth to her by Otto Frank, began the rise of the legend that is Anne Frank. The following essay will give the example of how an ordinary life can give rise to a legend.…
Anne led a happy and normal childhood, and on her 13th birthday she received a diary from her parents. It became special to her as years went by. It is through this diary that much about World War II and Anne's life has been learned.…
It explains in this story the person who Miep was and how much good stuff she did for the Franks. It states in the excerpt by Miep, “ Each day I brought a few of the things that Henk and I had taken from the Merwedeplein the night before the Franks had gone into hiding,” This supports taking action because Miep and her husband Henk would bring the Franks some of their belongings, so they would not miss their home. Miep would take action whenever the Franks needed food or anything. It states in the story, “Each morning, first thing, when there was a lull at the office, I’d tiptoe upstairs and get a shopping list from Mrs. Frank. She would give me money or I would take money from the cash box downstairs, to be replaced later.”…
They have nicknames for each other, Anne calls her father “Pim” while Mr. Frank calls her “Anneke.” Pim shows his love to her by bringing her favorite magazines when she didn’t have time to grab them when they were going into hiding, he also bought her a diary that she used every day throughout their hiding. Furthermore, Anne states that her father is the “only one she loves.” Although…
Anne acted like a child in the early scenes. She did everything she could to irritate and disturb the adults. Anne was only thirteen when they had to go into hiding, so she didn’t really know what to expect when it all happened. She had a tough time getting used to being in hiding and get used to not being able to move around at all really during the day. Anne also talked back towards the adult’s many different times.…