The images above are all from the secret annex where the Frank family hid. It shows the kitchen, bathroom, Anne's bedroom, and the secret moveable bookshelf that concealed the Annex. Photos: Austria, M. (Photographer). (1954). [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/Not-outside-for-2-years/-The-Secret-Annex/
The Frank family decides that they are not going to abide by the Nazi’s rules, and plan to hide out. There is a house behind her dads business that has a secret attic in it. The attic will become their home. People that work for Otto’s business stock up the hiding place with the Franks belongings and vow to keep it a secret. The secret annex is concealed by a moveable bookcase constructed just for the Frank family to hide out. There are a total of eight people hiding in the annex, four of them being the Frank family. A photo of the eight people in hiding is below. The living quarters are spacious, but they have to stay indoors at all times. They have to be extremely quiet all the time, but more so during the day. The attic has the warehouse below it, so if they are loud they could easily be discovered by workers. The girls read and do schooling in the annex to pass the time. The small hiding place brings along with it lots of arguments and tension, in part because of fearing being discovered every day of their lives. ("Anne frank," 2010.)
While in hiding, the war outside is raging on. The Jews in Amsterdam are all being deported to concentration camps. With all of this happening, some Jews decided to go into hiding. However, it wasn’t just the Jews whose lives were in danger. Some non-Jewish people chose to go into hiding as well. Approximately 300,000 Jews hid in the Netherlands over the years. Some children were hid with families and became a part of their family. Other families all hid together in hiding places. (“Anne Frank”, 2010.) The Jews didn’t have much of a choice. It was either to hide, or die.
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