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Anne Frank’s holocaust story is just one of millions. The Diary of Anne Frank Play is another version of Anne Frank’s original diary. There are many historical events that affected the people in the secret annex such as D-day, ration books, and when the Nazis invaded Holland. One example of a historical even mentioned in the play was D-day. D-Day took place on June 6th 1944. This event marked the start of the Battle of Normandy when the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy and started to liberate mainland Europe. This attack was called operation overload. Miep came to the secret annex very exicted to tell everyone about the invasion which is D-Day. “British, Americans, French, Dutch, Poles, Norwegians... all of them! More than four thousand ships! Churchill spoke and General Eisenhower! D-Day they call it!” (Goodrich and Hackett 180). Miep is explaining how D-Day is finally happening and they may be free soon. This event gave the people in the annex a sense of hope. D-Day is just one historical event that affected the people in the annex. …show more content…

On January 8th 1940 ration books came into place. During the war food production was slowed. One ration book was assigned per person. The books contained tokens that would get you food in later in the war clothing. Miep exclaims to the people in the people on the annex that she has to get the hem ration books. This makes the families in the annex nervous because Miep is getting them from a illegal source. “Ration books? If they see our names on ration books, they’ll know we’re here.” (Goodrich and Hackett 106). This quote shows how hard it was to get ration books and food. The families in the annex had to share ration books therefore they got little

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