Characters
Miep Gies
Miep Gies was an Austrian born woman that worked for Otto Frank in Amsterdam during World War Two. She was one of the biggest helpers while the Frank Family was in hiding, providing them with supplies in the Secret Annex. She discovered Anne's diary and later returned it to Otto Frank. She lived to be 100 years-old.
Otto Frank
Otto Frank was the patriarch of the Frank Family that orchestrated the move into the Secret Annex. He was a German soldier in World War One. He purchases the diary for Anne and gifts it on her 13th birthday. He is sent to Auschwitz and is the only member of the Frank Family to survive.
Peter van Pels
Peter van Pels was one of three teenagers that hid in the Secret Annex. Anne and Peter share several moments together, at first they are at odds, but later develop a friendship. Peter is sent to Auschwitz with Otto Frank who protects him while on work details. Peter is relocate from Auschwitz to Mauthausen in a death march, even though Otto tried to convince him to stay. Records indicate that his death day was same as when the camp was liberated. He was 18 years-old.
Propaganda
In the 1930s and 1940s, Germany, Britain, Japan, Russia, and the United States waged a war with propaganda. Propaganda is the usage of film, print media (posters, stamps, flyers), and speeches, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view to convince the mass population into believing what is presented (Wiki, 2016). The following wall are just a few of thousands of examples of propaganda issued to the general public during World War Two. It is important to note that some of these posters may be offensive in nature and are only intended to provide you with an authentic representation of what occurred during this time period.
The Nuremberg Laws
- 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.
- Extramarital encounters between Jews and subjects of the state of German or related blood is forbidden.
- Jews may not employ in their household female subjects of the state of German or related blood who are under 45 years old.
- 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.
- 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.
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Setting in Anne Frank
The Secret Annex
The Secret Annex is the name given by Anne to the Frank Family hiding place during World War II. The front of the building functions as Otto Frank's spice and pectin business. The back of the building, unseen by the front, is where the Frank and Van Pels family hid from 1942 to 1944.
Propaganda
In the 1930s and 1940s, Germany, Britain, Japan, Russia, and the United States waged a war with propaganda. Propaganda is the usage of film, print media (posters, stamps, flyers), and speeches, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view to convince the mass population into believing what is presented (Wiki, 2016). The following wall are just a few of thousands of examples of propaganda issued to the general public during World War Two. It is important to note that some of these posters may be offensive in nature and are only intended to provide you with an authentic representation of what occurred during this time period.
Characters
Miep Gies
Miep Gies was an Austrian born woman that worked for Otto Frank in Amsterdam during World War Two. She was one of the biggest helpers while the Frank Family was in hiding, providing them with supplies in the Secret Annex. She discovered Anne's diary and later returned it to Otto Frank. She lived to be 100 years-old.
Fritz Pfeffer
Fritz Pfeffer was a German dentist that migrated to Amsterdam in 1938. In 1942, he was the 8th and final member added to the Secret Annex. Anne and Pfeffer were often at odds, fighting over the desk in their room and the bathroom. Anne gives him the nickname of Mr. Dussel in her diary, which is translated to "Mr. Nitwit". Unfortunately, this name contributed to a negative posthumous reputation of Pfeffer with his family disowning Otto Frank for publishing negative information about him. He died of illness in the concentration camp, Sachsenhausen. He was 55 years-old.
Otto Frank
Otto Frank was the patriarch of the Frank Family that orchestrated the move into the Secret Annex. He was a German soldier in World War One. He purchases the diary for Anne and gifts it on her 13th birthday. He is sent to Auschwitz and is the only member of the Frank Family to survive.
Peter Van Pels
Peter van Pels was one of three teenagers that hid in the Secret Annex. Anne and Peter share several moments together, at first they are at odds, but later develop a friendship. Peter is sent to Auschwitz with Otto Frank who protects him while on work details. Peter is relocate from Auschwitz to Mauthausen in a death march, even though Otto tried to convince him to stay. Records indicate that his death day was same as when the camp was liberated. He was 18 years-old.
Credits:
Created with images by Pexels - "notebook notes pen" • Bess-Hamiti - "path tree summer" • heatheronhertravels - "Anne Frank Diary at Anne Frank Museum in Berlin" • lizzyliz - "tree hill vines"