Hiding During the Holocaust
Many Jews tried to escape the Nazis by going into hiding. The Franks were a family of Jews who hid in a "Secret Annexe" (The Diary of Anne Frank) during the Holocaust. The family that harboured them brought supplies such as food, water, and clothing. They lived in fear of being discovered, so they could not leave the annexe.
"... in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again." –Anne Frank
If they were found, they would most likely be killed on the spot or brought to a camp. Many other Jewish families went through these same problems in the Holocaust. The Frank family’s experience became so important because Anne’s journal showed a first hand experience of what the Jews faced during the Holocaust.
"Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again."
–Anne Frank “If we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left, when it is over, then Jews, instead of being doomed, will be held up as an example.” –Anne Frank "I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains." –Anne Frank |
Anne Frank
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