Edith Frank-Holländer Essays

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!” - Audrey Hepburn (Audrey Hepburn Quote). Audrey Hepburn was a British actress, but she was highly loved and cherished in America, too. Even though Audrey wasn’t an American citizen, today people still mourn her young death at only 63. Audrey was born in Brussels, Belgium during the April of 1929, and died in Tolochenaz, Switzerland in 1993. When Hepburn was the young age of eleven, she was in the German Occupation of Holland and those

Nancy Wake, an important woman in the French Resistance during World War II, was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on August 30th 1912. When she was just 20 months old, her family moved to Sydney, Australia, where she grew up. When she was 16 years old, she ran away from home and sought employment as a nurse. However, in 1932, she was able to go to Europe due to a windfall. Nancy Wake made her home in Paris and began working as a journalist for the Hearst group of newspapers. In 1939, she married

towards the Jews. One family, The Franks, were affected by this unnecessary hatred. The Franks were a total of four people, Otto Frank, Edith Frank, Margot Frank, and Anne Frank. The Franks lived a normal life in Germany but decided to move as Jews were given less and less freedom because of Hitler 's laws to oppress the Jews. Even when the Frank Family left Germany to the Netherlands the Nazis invaded there and they were in the same situation once again. The Franks decided to go into hiding behind

The Childhood of Anne Frank While many people read Anne Frank: The Diary of Young Girl, most people do not know what Anne Frank did before her life in hiding during World War II. Throughout the diary, Anne expresses herself as an enjoyable, enthusiastic person to be around. She showed these qualities in Germany when she was a little kid. A Jewish girl, named Anne Frank, was born June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany to her parents, Otto Frank and Edith Hollander Frank, who were very into German

Otto Frank Otto Frank, or "Pim" was born on May 12, 1889. Otto and his family went into hiding in 1942, They hid in a secret annex. The annex was above Otto's office. In 1944 the Gestapo, or the Secret State Police in Germany found the annex and the family was sent to Auschwitz, a concentration camp. Otto was the only one, out of the family, that has survived. In 1947, Otto Frank published his daughter, Anne Frank's diary under the name of "The Diary of a Young Girl". Otto Frank was born on

Marie Frank Hollander was a Jewish girl born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. When she was thirteen years old the Second World War or the holocaust begins. On Friday, 12 June of 1942 because of her birthday her parents give to her a diary. In this diary, Anne put all its secrets, in addition to put everything that happened with respect to the war from the perspective of a Jew. Anne family consisted of her father Otto Heinrich Frank, her mother Edith Hollander and her older sister Margot Frank. In that

Have you ever heard about Anne Frank also known as the Diary of Anne Frank? If you have not this would be a great way to learn about her and what happened to her at a young age of fifteen years old. Annelies Marie Frank was born on June 12th, 1929. She died in February or March, 1945 they still are not sure if she died in February or March. Relatives they know about Otto Frank her father, Edith Hollander her mother, Margot Frank her sister, and Buddy Elias Anne’s cousin. When she was a young girl

Introduction In this book report I am going to talk about “the diary of Anne Frank”. The genre of these story is non fiction. What it says in these book actually happened during the 2nd World War in the Frank’s secret annex when Anne was hidding with her family and the Vaan Daans to not get caught by the natzis . This is such an exiting story of a young girl telling us how horrible was the world in that time, how Jews were horribly treated and disccriminated , and it also show us to value all the

Charlemagne When the Frankish King Pepin the Short passed away, his kingdom was divided between his two sons, Carloman, and Charlemagne also referred to as Charles the Great. When Carloman died, Charlemagne became the sole ruler. He spent the early part of his regime on military campaigns which expanded his kingdom. He extended his dominance to the south, conquering the regions of Italy and to the north, conquering Spain. The immense territories in which Charlemagne ruled over became known as the

The sources come from "excerpt from Gesta regum Anglorum" which is talking about the chronicle of Kings of England that was written in about 1125. The English historian, William of Malmesbury emphasized both William and Harold here as the great and powerful leaders. These sources display the Battle of Hastings as the image of Normans and William. Excerpt from Gesta regum Anglorum clarifies the battle which had started with the Conquest of Normans by the king of William. It is obvious that "

Goodness, devotion, obligingness, equality, and valiance all depict the characteristics a perfect legend would have. In the sonnet Beowulf, there is one character who conveys all and a greater amount of these expressed qualities, and that character is in reality the hero known as Beowulf. All through the sonnet Beowulf kills massive animals that appear to be not of this present reality and, in truth, Beowulf epitomizes the qualities of the perfect and immaculate legend. It begins off with King Hrothgar

The Song of Roland is an epic about a battle between Christians and Pagans. Pagans were anybody that wasn’t Christian. This battle takes place in Rencesvals on August 15, 778. This was a battle that lost the lives of tens of thousands of men. Few people came out of this alive. In the Song of Roland it mainly focuses on Roland and Oliver. Readers don’t really find much out about anyone during the battle but Roland, Oliver (Roland’s best friend), and King Charlemagne. After years and years of the story

The reign of Charlemagne was full of wars and invasions (Bauer). He was half king of the Frankish empire while his brother Carloman was in control of the other half. Charlemagne who was also known as, “Charles the Great”, king of the Franks reigned from approximately (742-814). He was a strong leader who unified Western Europe through military power and the blessing of the church(Boussard). With his strong belief in the need for education among the Frankish people, his ambition was to bring about

“The Destruction of Louvain,” by Professor Leon van der Essen, is an eight page Belgian judicial report, published in 1923, but most likely written in late 1914 following the sack of Louvain, Belgium by German forces. The report chronicles the events starting from the initial German entry into Louvain on August 19, 1914 to the conclusion of the incident on August 25, 1914. Essen attempts to approach his report from a subjective point of view, including quotations from Louvain civilians, German troops

Maestro Frank loaded his clippers, rake and hoe into his old red wheelbarrow. Today was the day to tackle the spring cleanup around the lake. Winter brought a lot of trash and deadfall to the lakeshore and Frank figured it would take all day to get it cleaned up. Frank pushed the wheelbarrow out of the barn into the spring sunshine, and headed down the path towards the lake. As he crested the hill, he took in the view of the lake nestled in the valley. It was surrounded by budding willow and oak

a medieval emperor who ruled much of Western Europe from A.D. 768 to 814. His goal was to become powerful enough so that he could bring together all germanic people into one kingdom and convert them into Christianity. In 771, he became King of the Franks (a germanic tribe) after his father who was the past ruler had passed away. At first his brother Carloman (751-771) also got a share of the kingdom after their father died, but Charlamagne ultimately took over after his brother too died. Charlemagne

Kim de Greef Dr. Petrovich Humanities Midterm Mandatory Question #1: I believe in my personal opinion, that it was not ethical for Charlemagne to force people to become Christians. But, on his standpoint, I believe that he was trying to do the right thing. In lecture the professor discussed that Charlemagne started out as a Barbadian, until he decided to convert to Christianity. Charlemagne had such a big impact that some people still even call him “The Father of Europe”. When I first heard about

A Most Violent Conversion The conversion of Saxony proved to be the fiercest clash of religious conversion Charlemagne had to endure. In many years of war, both sides become increasingly agitated with one another and consistently fail to gain ground in their religious interests. The Saxons were “forgetful of their entire faith and treaty [and] were unwilling to remain in peace.” Because of the “evil nature” of the Saxons, Charlemagne was often widely upheld as a righteous king who was justified

The Carefully Crafted Legend: Einhard’s distortions in The Life of Charlemagne Einhard’s The Life of Charlemagne is a famous biography that provides a firsthand account of the deeds and character of Charles the Great. Einhard was a close contemporary to Charlemagne and his court, with Walahfrid Strabo’s preface describing how there “was almost no one else among the many officials of the king’s majesty to whom the king . . . . Entrusted so many secrets.” Despite Einhard’s seemingly well researched

originates from the word papa, like the pope. The papacy and the European monarch didn’t really get along. This is because pope Gregory VII excommunicated Henry IV, or the holy roman emperor. CHARLEMAGNE Charlemagne became the kings of the Franks