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Anne Frank Video Biography

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The Secret Annex

The secret annex is where Anne Frank and her family along with the van Pels and Fritz Pfeffer. The location of the secret annex is above Otto Frank's business.

Outside of the Anne Frank museum

Van Gogh Museum

The Van Gogh Museum is a museum for Vincent Van Gogh's artwork in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This museum is the largest collection of Van Gogh's artwork on display.

Outside of the Van Gogh Museum

Nuremberg Law

The Nuremberg Laws were used to help identify Jewish people.

1. Marriage between Jews and subjects of the state of German or related blood are forbidden. Marriages nevertheless concluded are invalid, even if concluded abroad to circumvent the law. Annulment proceedings can be initiated only by the State Prosecutor.

2. Extramarital intercourse between Jews and subjects of the state of German or related blood is forbidden.

3. Jews may not employ in their household female subjects of the state of German o related blood who are under 45 years old.

4. Jews are forbidden to fly the Reich or National flag or to display the Reich colors. They are, on the other hand, permitted to display the Jewish colors. The exercise of this right is protected by the State.

5. Any person who violates the prohibition under I will be punished by a prison sentence with hard labor. A male who violates the prohibition under I will be punished with a prison sentence with or without hard labor. Any person violating the provisions under III or IV will be punished with a prison sentence of up to one year and a fine, or with one or the other of these penalties. The Reich Minister of the Interior, in coordination with the Deputy of the Führer and the Reich Minister of Justice, will issue the Legal and Administrative regulations required to implement and complete the Law. The Law takes effect on the day following promulgations except for III, which goes into force on January 1, 1936. Nuremberg, September 15, 1935 at the Reich Party Congress of Freedom.

The Nuremberg Laws were meant to help identify Jewish people and to make them stand out among the citizens. The Nuremberg Laws were also meant to make the lives of Jews harder and to limit them in society. They also limited their choices in who to marry and who they could hire.

Propaganda

Propaganda is biased information that promotes a certain political cause. It can feature people with abnormal faces or bodies and they often say something that is almost a warning but not really a warning. Propaganda can be used as something to get more people to go to a certain place or to help start a war against someone by making them out as a bad person like what Hitler did with the Jewish people. Hitler made many posters that featured Jewish people with big, long noses and other abnormalities.

Characters

Peter van Pels

Peter is the son of Auguste van Pels and Hermann van Pels. Peter is usually shy and is viewed as lazy by Anne. Peter is 16 when he goes into hiding and he went to the same school as Anne and Margot Frank.

Anne Frank

Anne Frank is thirteen when she goes into hiding with her family and fifteen when she gets taken out of hiding. Anne is usually lively and jokes around but she also has a serious side that is shown more in hiding. Anne and her mother bicker a lot while she and her father get along very well.

Otto Frank

Otto Frank is the husband of Edith Frank and the father of Anne and Margot Frank. He fought in the First World War and started a business in the Netherlands allowing the Franks to move to the Netherlands. Otto Frank first worked at a bank then at the Macy's Department Store in New York then he worked at his family's bank again.

Miep Gies

Miep Gies is one of the few helpers for the people hiding in the secret annex. After everyone in the annex was gone Miep was the one that saved Anne's diary and delivered it to Otto Frank, Anne's father. Miep is also one of the helpers that would give them supplies to use and food to eat.

Act 1 Summary

Anne Frank and her family of 4 are going into hiding because of the German Nazis that are taking Jewish people from their homes and sending them to concentration camps. The Franks are going into hiding in a place that is later called the secret annex which is located above Otto Frank's, Anne Frank's father, business building. The Franks are staying their with four other people. Auguste van Pels, Herman van Pels, Peter van Pels, and Fritz Pfeffer. Towards the end of act 1 a robber comes into the building and Peter accidentally knocks over a lamp alarming the robber and notifying them that there are people hiding there.

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising took place in April 19 ,1943 to May 16, 1943. During the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising a total of about 392,000 Jewish people died. Only 17 Germans were killed but 93 were injured or killed. Only 17,000 Jewish people that died were fighting. After the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising the Jewish morale was not very good because of all the death and destruction that had become of them.

Anne Frank Act II Summary

For the new year Miep brings a cake to the annex and then Dussel and Mrs. Van Dan start arguing about who cuts the cake. Anne starts going to see Peter more often and starts caring about how she looks and even dresses up when she goes to see Peter. Mrs. Frank catches Mr. van Dan stealing food and is furious so she threatens to throw him and his wife out but keep Peter with them but before she can carry out her threat they are interrupted with news of an invasion starting and then they forget all about it until later when they all apologize. Then later the office keeps on getting phone calls on the weekend and everyone starts getting nervous and anxious because they know that no one is in the building but Mr. Frank won't allow anyone to go check. Later that day the Green Police show up and arrest the people in the annex. The book ends with Mr. Frank finishing reading Anne's Diary.

Credits:

Created with images by Cabanillas.- - "Anne Frank Zentrum in Berlin" • jarrodtrainque - "Anne Frank house" • toomuchkatherine - "Anne Frank House" • irinaraquel - "Vincent van Gogh - Sunflowers"

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