Anne Frank - Facing Prejudice

Sep 29, 2026

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Anne Frank explores the life of a Jewish girl born in Frankfurt in 1929 and the circumstances that drove her into hiding in Nazi-occupied Holland. Under Adolf Hitler’s rule, who sought to kill all Jews in Europe, millions were murdered during the Holocaust. The narrative highlights how Anne kept a diary of daily life, hopes, and fears during two years in hiding, emphasizing the human impact of Nazi persecution through her story.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages68

Reading Time1 h 45 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

ONE Facing Prejudice

TWO In Hiding

THREE Not All Bad Times

FOUR Living in Fear

FIVE After the Diary

For More Information

Index

achel stein 0 Boston Public Library Anne Frank Anne Frank by Rachel Epstein A FIRST BoOK Franklin Watts A Division of Grolier PublishingNew York-London-Hong Kong -SydneyDanbury,Connecticut Cover and interior design by Molly Heron Cover illustration by Nechama Goldfinger Frontis illustration by Shira Pfeffer Special thanks to Professor Marjorie Trenk,Stern College for Women,Yeshiva University Photographs ◎:Archive Photos:33,34 top,44(James McAnally),18(Potter Collections), 12,14,25,34,56(Sony Pictures/fotos international),6,22,48; Gamma-Liaison:55(Guerrini-Liaison);Novosti/Corbis-Bettmann:50; Reuters/Corbis-Bettmann:53;Rijksinstituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, Netherlands State Institute for War Documentation:30,46; UPI/Corbis-Bettmann:8,17,20,27,28,36,42,51,54. All quotations of the diary of Anne Frank from The Diary of a Young Girl:The Definitive Edition by Anne Frank. Otto H.Frank &Mirjam Pressler,Editors, translated by Susan Massotty Translation copyright ◎1995 by Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group,Inc. Used by permission of Doubleday,a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group,Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Epstein,RachelAnne Frank/by Rachel Epstein p.cm.—(A First book) Includes bibliographical references and index Summary:Traces the life of a Jewish girl who chronicled her day-to-day life in a diary as she hid in an attic in Nazi-occupied Holland for two years. ISBN O-531-20298-4(lib.bdg.)0-531-15883-7(pbk.) 1.Frank,Anne,1929-1945—Juvenile literature.2.Jewish children in the Holocaust—Nether-lands—Amsterdam—Biography—Juvenile literature.3.Amsterdam(Netherlands)—Biography—Juvenile literature.[1.Frank,Anne,1929-1945.2.Jews—Netherlands—Biography.3.Holo-caust,Jewish(1939-1945)—Netherlands—Amsterdam.4.Women—Biography.]I.Title. II.Series.DS135.N6F3341997940.563'18'092—dc21[b]96-51192 CIP AC ◎1997 Rachel Epstein All rights reserved.Published simultaneously in CanadaPrinted in the United States of America12345678910 R06050403020100999897 Contents Introduction 7 ONEFacing Prejudice 13 TWOIn Hiding 23 THREENot All Bad Times 34 FOURLiving in Fear 41 FIVEAfter the Diary 47 For More Information 58 Index 61 # Introduction ANNE FRANK WAS a Jewish girl born in Frankfurt,Germany,in 1929.If she had not been Jewish,or if shehad been born in a different time or place,she might havegrown up to be a famous journalist or even a movie star,asshe had dreamed.Today,she might have a husband,chil-dren,and grandchildren.But she lived when Adolf Hitlercame to power in Germany,so she was forced to go intohiding for two years.She kept a diary,filled with descrip-tions of her daily life and her hopes and fears.Unfortu-nately,Hitler's work killed Anne. Adolf Hitler wanted to kill all the Jews in Europe.Working through the Nazi Party,he killed six million ofthem—two out of every three Jews in Europe at the time.This mass killing of Jews,called the Holocaust,happenedduring World War II.One of the reasons Hitler was ableto carry out the Holocaust was that Germany had de-feated almost all the countries in Europe. TELEFU

FAQs

When was Anne Frank born, and what was her early life like in this account?

Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1929. The text notes that, under different circumstances, she might have grown into a journalist or even a movie star, but historical events forced a different fate.

Why did Anne Frank go into hiding?

Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany and his regime persecuted Jews. Anne was forced to go into hiding for two years as a result of Nazi rule.

What does the book say about Hitler’s actions in Europe and the Holocaust?

Hitler wanted to kill all the Jews in Europe, and the text states that six million Jews were killed—two out of every three Jews in Europe at the time—during World War II, in what is called the Holocaust.

Sep 29, 2026

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