How would you feel if you were slowly being separated from your friends and family to be taken to concentration camps? Anne Frank, Margot Frank, Otto Frank, and Edith Frank weren't the only ones hiding in the Secret Annex, there was one other family, Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan their son, Peter, and also a dentist, Albert Dussel who also stayed with the family which totaled out as 8 people living in the small attic. It was not a very spacious place and it was hard to get along with one another since they were always together. Anne Frank’s diary has moved many people because it not only shows the difficult time period she lived in, but also how brave she was during it. It was just passed Anne’s 13th birthday. Anne received her first diary in which she called “Kitty” (Anne Frank, 4). It was a time during World War II, many Jews were already being taken to labour camps. Margot Frank receives a call-up on July 5, 1942, she must go to a labour camp in Germany or else her whole family will be arrested (Anne Frank14). Immediately Otto goes to his secretary at his office, Meip Gies, and asks if she would help if he and his family go into hiding. The next morning, Margot leaves with Meip, for the Annex before the rest of her family. About an hour later Anne, Otto, and Edith leave for the Annex wearing …show more content…
The only thing they know about the outside world is what they hear over the radio or from their helpers. Anne has nightmares about her old school friend, Lies Goosens (Anne Frank, 175). She misses school and all of her school finds very much. Anne enjoys reading, they have a ton of books to read and it keeps Anne occupied in her free time during the day. Anne loves to learn, she's a very intelligent young girl (Anne Frank, 143). While in the Annex she still studies her books. Even though the Annex is very small Anne begins to grow further away from the people she is around, especially her