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    Anne Frank Biography

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    Importance of Anne Frank: During the two years and one month Anne Frank spent hiding in a Secret Annex in Amsterdam during World War II‚ she kept a diary. Anne Frank’s diary‚ which was published by her father after the war and has been read by millions of people around the world‚ chronicles both the tensions and difficulties of living in such a confined space for that long a duration as well as Anne’s struggles with becoming a teenager. Since the publication of her diary‚ Anne Frank has become a symbol

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    “I don’t think of all the misery‚ but of the beauty that still remains”‚ written by Anne Frank. Anne Frank a young jewish girl born on June 12th ‚ 1929. She lived in Frankfurt am Main Germany‚ where many generations before her also lived. Her family consisted of her dad Otto Frank‚ sister Margot and mother Edith. Anne and her family lived a carefree until‚ Adolf’s sudden rise to power became more real and threatening. The family soon left Germany and moved to the Netherlands in Amsterdam. In Netherlands

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    The Franks The History Channel documentary Barbarians-The Franks is about a group of loosely related Germanic ‘barbarian’ tribes that from the third to eighth centuries CE would occupy‚ and eventually conquer and settle most of the Western Roman province of Gaul which would later come to be known as France‚ or “Frankland”. The Franks are portrayed in this documentary as a ‘plague’ to Rome‚ but one group the Salians to the north of the Rhine River‚ were actually quite assimilated to Roman Culture

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    Anne Frank Thesis

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    Anne Frank has had many experiences in the Annexe. She has made many new friends‚ and enemies. Even though she may feel like the Annexe is a great home‚ she has still been sad in a way. She feels as if she doesn’t have the greatest living situation‚ but she is living better than most Jewish kids. In the story‚ Anne talks about how she feels during the time she is in the Annexe‚ and also what she compares her living environment to. Throughout the story‚ Anne describes her time in the Annexe‚ how she

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    Anne Frank: a Hero

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    Anne Frank Someone influential definitely has great power over people. Although Anne was only sixteen at the time she wrote her world renowned diary‚ she has captivated the life of millions of people‚ transforming their views and beliefs about the Holocaust. As said by Brown‚ people not only looked to her for inspiration while she was living‚ but now aspire to be like her after reading her book. Anne is the human face of the Holocaust (34). According to a childhood friend of Anne‚ Hanneli Pick-Goslar

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    Otto Frank Diary

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    Anne Frank Annelies Maria Frank daughter of Otto and Edith Frank‚ was an optimistic‚ outspoken‚ and curious girl. Anne Frank experiences were written in her diary‚ which continues to impact lives around the world today. Otto Frank (father of Anne Frank) decided to go into hiding after realizing that the Germans were going to catch them and send them off somewhere. He decided to hid inside of his own office building. There was one room that couldn’t be seen from the outside. There was only one entrance

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    Justice for All Justice and equity is something everyone wants in their lives. However‚ people all over the world have faced otherwise. Frank McCourt faced hardships involving social injustice throughout his life as shown in the article‚ “The education of Frank McCourt” by Barbara Sande Dimmit. Irish immigrants have also faced inequity and social injustice throughout history‚ which is proved in the exhibit‚ “Home for the heart” from the Irish-American Heritage Museum‚ and in the poem “No Irish

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    Anne Frank Writer

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    Anne Frank: A Young Writer "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world"‚ this quote was from Anne’s legendary journal (Frank). The quote is about how no one can wait to make changes and that people need to take action because no one else is going to do it. Today in society too many people don’t do anything‚ they want someone else to do it for them. Not everyone was like that though‚ Anne wanted to enhance the world. Unfortunately she never got

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    Frank Sidebottom is the stage name for Christopher Sievey‚ a musician and comedian somewhat famous for his act‚ which involved a large‚ round‚ fake head. Frank Sidebottom was portrayed as a hopeless‚ aspiring‚ failure of a popstar‚ who wore old fashioned suits and lived at home with his mother. Frank‚ directed by Lenny Abrahamson and starring Michael Fassbender as the enigmatic titular character‚ is not about Sievey‚ nor Sidebottom. It does‚ however‚ include the familiar fake head. In the film‚ Jon

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    Anne Frank Journey

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    Anne Frank was born on June 12‚ 1929‚ Frankfurt‚ Germany.One of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust‚ she gained fame posthumously following the publication of The Diary of a Young Girl. Born in Frankfurt‚ Germany‚ she lived most of her life in or near Amsterdam‚ Netherlands‚ having moved there with her family at the age of four-and-a-half when the Nazis gained control over Germany. Born a German national‚ Frank lost her citizenship in 1941 and thus became stateless. By May 1940‚ the

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