This week I watched the movie The Diary of Anne Frank. This movie tells the real story of a Jewish girl and her family hiding from the Nazi’s during World War II. It starts off with Anne’s 13th birthday; she received a red diary. She decided she was going to write in it every day.
Soon after that her family made the choice to leave their home and hide from the Nazi’s. They wore as many clothes as they could without looking suspicious and went to Anne’s dad’s office. His office had several rooms the story above it. They lived there for a very long time. They couldn't talk or walk around during the business hours as people were working downstairs. Anne's mother became slightly crazed and didn't talk much. She was very paranoid all the time.
Another family came to live with them to hide from the Nazi's. A boy came with the family and his name was Peter. Anne and Peter became very close. Anne was glad she had someone to talk to.
Anne's 14th birthday had come and she couldn't believe she had been living there for almost a year. This year for her birthday she got a bar of chocolate.
Many times burglars broke into the office downstairs and the family became very worried but they were never found by the burglars. From the rooms upstairs that they were living in, they could hear the bombs of war all around them.
Everyone became very sick of eachother but one day it all ended. The Nazi police had found them. When asked how long they had been living up there they responded, "two years." The Nazi's were shocked. They told them to grab a bag and forced them to leave.
Each person living above the office died in concentration camps, except Anne's dad who lived to share his daughter's diary and tell the family's story.
I thought this was a good movie, but a lot of it wasn't important. I feel like it could have been an hour long movie. I understand how there wasn't much to tell though because they couldn't really do much. They just lived in an attic for two years. I think it is a great story that shows the other side of things from a Jewish person's point of view, instead of an American's point of view.
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Well done Courtney!