Thursday, February 7, 2013

Blog#6


 
One of the rooms in The Secret Annex
 
 
 
This is the Secret Annex where Anne and her family used to hide.  The bookshelf that is in the picture are one of their hiding places. The Secret Annex is actually one of  Otto Frank's business offices. 

Blog#5

 
Anne as a baby
 
 
Anne with her famliy

Friday, February 1, 2013

Blog#4

How Anne Frank's stories connect to other people
Since Anne Frank's diary has been published people of all languages have read it all over the world. In her time, there were major issues including the holocaust, world war II and discrimination against Jews. She also connects to teenagers, talking about her home life, constantly fighting with her parents and sister and having a great personality. Most of all, Anne shared her hopes and dreams and emotions she's had through those years.


Blog#3

This is the house that Anne and her family stayed in during the holocaust. The video shows how the family lived and what the house looked like. The house is in Amsterdam, Germany.

Friday, January 25, 2013

Blog#2

Anne Frank's diary

In her diary, Anne wrote to her imaginary friend Kitty about events that happened in her life. She writes about her family, living her life in hiding, the war, and other teenage interests like boys and hobbies. Anne writes about how she has to live in a crowded attic with eight people. she calls the attic "the secret annex" because they had to stay hidden from the war or else they would get captured.  She often got frustrated with the lack of privacy, fights with her mother, sister and loneliness. 

Blog#1

Anne Frank's childhood

Anne Frank was just like any other teenage girl. She was born in Frankfurt, Germany on June 12, 1929. Her parents, Edith and Otto Frank gave her a diary on her thirteenth birthday. In 1933 she and her family moved to Amsterdam where her father had a successful company creating jam out of gel. In 1935, Anne and the other Jewish children had to be relocated to different schools. While she was there, she had a fun personality and gained popularity as an energetic girl.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Diary of Anne Frank images

 
Book cover 
 
 
Anne's actual diary 
 
The house that her family lived in