Monday, May 6, 2013

PAges 444-445 4th Period Summary/Notes


A. An Astonishing Gift

    1. After the World War, Otto Frank returned to Amsterdam in 1945 and read his daughter’s diary about the war.

 

B. Born into Danger

    1. Although the Franks were German citizens, they faced persecution from the Nazis because they were Jews

    2. After World War 1, the Nazi Party came to power, led by Adolf Hitler, and blamed the Jews for Germany’s problems. Their attempt to eliminate the Jews was later called the Holocaust.

    3. In 1933, the Frank family moved to the Netherlands to get away from Hitler, but later, in 1940, Hitler invaded, and they were trapped.

 

C. A Life in Hiding

    1. The Franks and the Van Pels hid for about two years, and Mr. Frank’s colleagues helped them by bringing them food and books.

 

D. Discovery and Death

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