Anne Frank
Anne Frank and other Jews
Over
one million children under the age of sixteen died in in World War II, not
because of the bombs, but because they did not fit in as Hitler’s image of the
"perfect" German.
Many children and their parents living in
countries which had been invaded by the Germans were imprisoned and killed
because they were Jewish.
Jewish people follow the religion known as Judaism. They are Jews.
Anne Frank was an ordinary German Jewish girl. She enjoyed playing with her
toys, riding her bike and going to the seaside. However, all this was to change
when Hitler came to power in 1933.
Hitler wanted to create what he saw was the perfect German, this meant that
anyone who did not fit into his perfect image was persecuted (ill treated)
and/or killed. Hitler persecuted German citizens who were Jewish, Gypsies, or
otherwise "undesirables".
By the end of World War II, six million Jews were killed because they were,
in Hitler's eyes, 'different'.
Anne Frank and other Jews were forced to think they were lower and
inadequate to everyone else just because they had a different religious
belief.
Many laws were made of what Jews could and couldn’t do, Anne describes some
of these in her diary:
“Jews were required to wear a yellow star, Jews were forbidden to use
trams, Jews were required to turn in their bicycles,Jews were forbidden to use
any public sports centres, Jews were not allowed to watch any form of
entertainment and so on”
Through her diary "The Dairy of Anne Frank", people all over the world are
able to see what life as a persecuted Jew was like during World War II; thus
gaining an appreciation for the sacrifices people made in the struggle to stay
alive.
Over
one million children under the age of sixteen died in in World War II, not
because of the bombs, but because they did not fit in as Hitler’s image of the
"perfect" German.
Many children and their parents living in
countries which had been invaded by the Germans were imprisoned and killed
because they were Jewish.
Jewish people follow the religion known as Judaism. They are Jews.
Anne Frank was an ordinary German Jewish girl. She enjoyed playing with her
toys, riding her bike and going to the seaside. However, all this was to change
when Hitler came to power in 1933.
Hitler wanted to create what he saw was the perfect German, this meant that
anyone who did not fit into his perfect image was persecuted (ill treated)
and/or killed. Hitler persecuted German citizens who were Jewish, Gypsies, or
otherwise "undesirables".
By the end of World War II, six million Jews were killed because they were,
in Hitler's eyes, 'different'.
Anne Frank and other Jews were forced to think they were lower and
inadequate to everyone else just because they had a different religious
belief.
Many laws were made of what Jews could and couldn’t do, Anne describes some
of these in her diary:
“Jews were required to wear a yellow star, Jews were forbidden to use
trams, Jews were required to turn in their bicycles,Jews were forbidden to use
any public sports centres, Jews were not allowed to watch any form of
entertainment and so on”
Through her diary "The Dairy of Anne Frank", people all over the world are
able to see what life as a persecuted Jew was like during World War II; thus
gaining an appreciation for the sacrifices people made in the struggle to stay
alive.