Read PAGE 3 of your textbook to remind yourself of key historical facts.
In 1933, Anne Frank and her family moved from Germany to Holland, as Hitler's Nazi Party introduced anti-Jewish laws.
In 1940, however, Germany occupies Holland and introduces the same laws there.
In 1942, Anne's sister, Margot, is summoned to report to a labour camp. As such, the family decides to go into hiding in the Secret Annexe.
Click on this link to learn more about the Secret Annexe:
Click on "The Hiding Place" in the column on the left of the site, and explore the pictures of the Secret Annexe.
In the COMMENTS section, answer the following questions:
1. What might it have been like to live in a place like the Secret Annexe for 2 years?
2. How would you have felt if you had to do so?
I felt that it was difficult to live in a small cramp space for two years. They felt captivated as they can't go out. it was pretty amazing that the whole family was able to live in the Secret Annex for two years.
ReplyDeleteFor me, I would feel that the place is so cramp up. As there is not enough space to move around and we are not allowed to go anywhere.
Sabrina.
it's so unbelievable to know that they can stay in such a secret and weird place. the most interesting is the door which is covered by a movable bookcase. i think life in there would be very boring as they cannot have many activities. i believe i'd have been bored till death. 2 years staying in that place is really unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteIt will be very miserable! Having to live there for 2 years! I can't even imagine it. Over there we have nothing to do. We cannot even leave that place or something. If i had to that. I will felt like dying. I can't even live a day without Computer or HP. xD
ReplyDelete-Michelle(:
It must be difficult too live in that small area for 2 years. I wonder how two families can live in there?
ReplyDeleteI would say I would be very stressed by not only the small room but also wheather I would get caught by Nazis
~Ewan~
Life must be really tough and boring to live in a secret annexe. I feel that they are quite miserable as they need to stay in there for around 2 years. If we were in there, we would be suffering like them. I would feel miserable.
ReplyDeleteJoyce
I won't living in such place if they had a swimming pool and other facilities that won't bore me. As long as there is food for me to eat for 2 years, I will be quite willing to stay there.
ReplyDeleteMingni
It'll be ok I guess as I would meet many different people.It''ll be kind of like livin my life in prison I guess. I won't be able to go any where i want to go as i would be afraid of being caught by the Nazis.
ReplyDeleteraidah;)
anne frank lives in a very cramp room with small bed.staying there may be a torture as there are not many activities there.one day without tv programs is already very bored. let alone there...she is a very pitiful girl but clever though.she writes her feelings down in a diary so that she wont feel so sad inside.
ReplyDeletepeggy :]
1. I think it's very isolated and to make it worse they don't have friends & they can't let their real identity show. This is also very important that you have to be very cautious with what you say, do, etc. If it's a short while, like a month, it'll still be bearable. But 2 years!
ReplyDelete2. I would be really lonely as I don't think there's much to do there. It's only the 8 of us and the four walls. I'd suffer from loneliness.
Edna.
1.I think it is nice to live in such a cool place with a movable bookcase entrance.It is very interesting to see the place where she hides for two years to be big enough for alot of people.I wish i had a movable bookcase as an entrance.
ReplyDelete2.I will be scared and terrified as I will wish everyday not to be discovered by the German.
Haris
Life will be miserable and boring in there!
ReplyDeleteI gonna live in there for 2 years it will be a tough time then.If I got to do so,I will be bored to dealth with not much entertainments.It's just miserable staying in there !
-Violet
It will be very miserable if need to live in the place for two year.I cant imagine what would happened if I was the one living in the place.Over there ,I have nothing to do as the place have no computer and television.The place was also very cramp and it would be very difficult to live there.
ReplyDeletekai xin
i find anne very pitiful as she needs to live in fear of the germanys. she, her parents, her sister, hermann, auguste van pels, peter and fritz pfeffer lived in the secret annex for two years!
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ReplyDeleteI wouldn't be able to survive for 2 years because you have to be very alert, just in case the Japanese seees them and they have to move away again. I think living in fear gives people stress, and i think it is very strong of them to be able to survive for 2 years.
ReplyDelete•Meiyi
I think that its boring living in that small and cramped place with other people , and have to squeeze together . But its a great hiding place and that the bookcase is super cool :D I dotn even think people might think that there are people hiding behind that bookcase . But its amazing that they could live there for two years and not get found until much later . And as for me , i think i might hide in a bomb shelter and have something to cover up , so no one would find me !
ReplyDeleteI feel that it must have been very boring there, although the hideout is very good with the moveble bookcase hiding the entrance to the hideout. It must also been very tight in there, with eight people hiding in there.
ReplyDeletekeith
I think her room is so bad. It is too crowded,and she don't have some interestings.
ReplyDeleteShe is very pitful.
I think that it's really suffering as you'll have to stay in a small room with 2 families. It's great to have such determination to stay in a cramped room.
ReplyDelete`ChuanYing,♥