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Anne Frank Anne Frank, one of the many victims of the Jewish holocaust, was a young genius at heart. Anne Frank, though youthful and naïve reflected her innate intelligence, her maturity, and her instincts about people throughout the pages of her diary. Though as we have come to know her, a girl of fame and illustrious, her diary reflects opinions and a point of view in ways unimaginable caused by this prodigy. Annelies Marie Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany on the 12th of June 1929. Anne Frank was born to a Jewish family: Otto Frank and Edith Hollander. When Anne was four years old her family moved to Mewedplein in South Amsterdam in 1933. There she attended Montessori school. Anne was a very bright child; she excelled in her school work and studies. She studied English, French, History, music and science. As Anne grew up, Hitler’s actions began to take a toll on the Jews. Otto spent the year stocking an annex behind his business office in Prinsengracht 363 into a hiding place. On July 5th, 1942, the family, along with four other friends moved into the Annex. Anne had no contact with her friends. They could not go outdoors and there was no entertainment. The Frank family was arrested by Simon Wiesenthal and transported to Auschwitz. Otto Frank was separated from his family at the gates of Auschwitz. The Russian troops took Peter along with them. Anne received the diary on her 13th birthday. After the war, Anne’s diary was returned to Otto Frank. Otto combined his daughter’s writings earlier and later, into a version C, which became known as the Diary of Anne Frank. He published it and the diary has sold over 25 million copies. "What has their marriage become?... Father is not in love. He kisses her as she kisses us" He looks at her teasingly and mockingly, but never lovingly" She loves him as she loves no other and it is difficult to see this kind of love unanswered." This observation is just one example of the few miraculous excerpts from Anne Franks Diary. Her writings are almost poetic. She observes like no others and she doesn’t even think like a human. She is beyond human. In her diary, Anne tells of her adventures in the annex and trusting one another. "Why do we trust one another so little? I know there must be a reason but still I sometimes think it’s horrible that you find you can never really confide in people, even in those who are nearest to you." Although people may object to this, was there ever a time when a best friend or some people thought they could confide in a friend and a friend turned around and told those confidential matters to others? It is believable that people so not want to agree with this, but it is plainly told truthfully, by a girl who does not even know how to lie yet. By being locked up all day in a little room with nothing to do but keep quiet and not move caused Anne to think about matters deeply. Anne did not deserve the cruel and harsh treatments she received from the Nazis. She did not deserve to die at age 15 in 1945, just a few weeks before the British liberated the camp. When Anne was hiding in the Annex she wrote, "The sun is shining, the sky is deep blue, there is a lovely breeze, and I’m longing... so longing... for everything... To talk, for freedom, for friends, to be alone. And I do so long... to cry!" "I feel completely confused, I don’t know what to read, what to write, what to do, I only know that I am longing." Anne matured through her diary; she looked at things from a different view. She tried to get the true meaning out of things, not to take it form a child’s point of view. As the book goes on, these excerpts help prove the young women she was becoming. "I know what I want; I have a goal, have an opinion, and have a religion and a love... If God lets me live, I shall attain more than Mummy ever has done, I shall not remain insignificant, I shall work in the world for mankind". Anne claimed this during her times at Bergen-Belsen. Anne defiantly achieved what she wanted to. She not only helped mankind, but she did more than that; she improved it.
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