Young Anne Frank’s world turned tipsy turvy when the Nazis placed restrictions on Jews in The Netherlands. Anne along with her family and her father’s Jew friend’s family went into hiding on 12 June 1942. To escape prosecution, they hid at her father’s office, which they referred to as ‘The Secret Annex’. When Anne got a diary on her 13th birthday, she poured her heart into it and also talked about the adventure of living in hiding away from the eyes of the Nazis. The story brings forth the horrors of war and religious persecution for their beliefs – women, men and children torn apart and slaughtered.
Irrespective of all the difficulties, Anne stayed the cheerful and learning young girl that she was. The book exhibits good human nature and atrocities at the same time. Those living in the Secret Annex were helped by many of their friends who protected them from the Holocaust. The message that she spread across is that of the freedom to life. Anne is immensely clever and a linguistic who has kept me hooked throughout the book with her story. Her diary is an essential source for understanding about the horrors casted upon the community of Jews by the Nazis. Any reader who fantasies about how it must have been during the war, will love the book. This Autobiography provides us with the distinct viewpoint of a young girl, the emotional and physical situation, and the life of a teenager in the time of war. Do you think Anne Frank survived World War 2?