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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Includes an author biography, chapter summaries, vocabulary builders, reproducibles, and cross-curricular activities for students of all learning styles for Anne Frank's historic diary
16 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1999
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January 28, 2022
Another classic book. I finally read Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl.
This is the story of a little fourteen-year-old girl living in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam and her
family, who lived hidden in an Annexe for two years before being captured and arrested by the Nazis and taken to a Concentration camp. On her thirteenth birthday, Anne was given a Journal which she filled with thoughts about her life, fears, feelings and day-to-day life while in hiding from the Nazis in 1940's Amsterdam. After their arrest, the family and the other seven jews living in the secret Annexe were taken to the Gestapo headquarters. Later the men and women were separated and forced to go into concentration camps. Anne, her sister, Margo and their mother were taken to Bergen-Basen, a concentration camp in Germany.
Anne Frank and her sister, Margo died of typhus in the concentration camp. Their mother, Edith also died in the Bergen-Basen concentration camp of starvation and exhaustion. Her father, Otto Frank, was the only survivor of the concentration camp. After the war, he was given the Diary of his daughter by Miep Gise, one of the people who helped the family hide from the Nazis. Otto Frank was amazed by his daughter's writing. Otto was astounded by the wisdom of his young daughter. He said he didn't know his own daughter after reading her words. It was his daughter's wish to become a writer, so Otto decided to publish Anna's Diary. The diary was first published in 1947. Anna has become one of the symbols of The Holocaust. Her Diary has become quite famous. A sad, tragic story, Indeed but one that must be read.
One of Anne's quotes from the diary that was my favourite is:
'Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.' and
''And yet, I look up into the sky I somehow feel that everything will change for the better. That this cruelty and death will end; That peace and tranquillity will return once more.'
This is the story of a little fourteen-year-old girl living in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam and her
family, who lived hidden in an Annexe for two years before being captured and arrested by the Nazis and taken to a Concentration camp. On her thirteenth birthday, Anne was given a Journal which she filled with thoughts about her life, fears, feelings and day-to-day life while in hiding from the Nazis in 1940's Amsterdam. After their arrest, the family and the other seven jews living in the secret Annexe were taken to the Gestapo headquarters. Later the men and women were separated and forced to go into concentration camps. Anne, her sister, Margo and their mother were taken to Bergen-Basen, a concentration camp in Germany.
Anne Frank and her sister, Margo died of typhus in the concentration camp. Their mother, Edith also died in the Bergen-Basen concentration camp of starvation and exhaustion. Her father, Otto Frank, was the only survivor of the concentration camp. After the war, he was given the Diary of his daughter by Miep Gise, one of the people who helped the family hide from the Nazis. Otto Frank was amazed by his daughter's writing. Otto was astounded by the wisdom of his young daughter. He said he didn't know his own daughter after reading her words. It was his daughter's wish to become a writer, so Otto decided to publish Anna's Diary. The diary was first published in 1947. Anna has become one of the symbols of The Holocaust. Her Diary has become quite famous. A sad, tragic story, Indeed but one that must be read.
One of Anne's quotes from the diary that was my favourite is:
'Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.' and
''And yet, I look up into the sky I somehow feel that everything will change for the better. That this cruelty and death will end; That peace and tranquillity will return once more.'
December 4, 2020
Isi
Anne Frank adalah seorang gadis Yahudi berusia tiga belas tahun, putri bungsu dari dua bersaudari dari pasangan yang bernama Otto Frank dan Edith Frank. Kakak dari Anne bernama Margot. Pada saat itu, kehidupan di Belanda sangatlah terancam oleh Nazi. Ayah Anne berusaha memperkirakan pergerakkan situasi politik serta dampak yang akan terjadi bagi kaum
Yahudi.
Setelah, ayah Anne membaca situasi itu, mereka sekeluarga mempersiapkan untuk pergi bersembunyi sampai perang di Belanda berakhir. Sepuluh hari menjelang tanggal yang telah ditentukan untuk pergi bersembunyi dari perang yang terjadi di Belanda, keluarga Anne menerima sebuah surat panggilan dari Gestapo. Pada saat itu, mereka merasakan benar-benar ketakutan dan terpaksa melarikan diri ke tempat persembunyian pada tanggal 7 Juli 1942. Hal itu, mereka lakukan demi menyelamatkan diri dari Nazi yang akan membawa mereka ke kamp-kamp konsentrasi, di mana terjadi pembantaian dan kebiadaban ideologi ektrem serta penolakkan martabat manusia.
Tak terasa waktu yang mereka lalui cukup lama berada di tempat persembunyian tersebut. Dua puluh lima bulan Anne tinggal di loteng sebuah kantor bersama tujuh orang lain, tanpa boleh keluar sedikit pun. Selain keluarga Anne Frank sendiri, ada keluarga Van Daan yang terdiri dari 4 orang, yaitu: pasangan Hermann dan Petronella, putra mereka Peter, dan seorang dokter gigi lanjut usia yang bernama Albert Dussel, yang juga bersembunyi di sana. Dan, di antara orang-orang itu, Anne lah yang paling muda.
Di lain kondisi Anne yang sekarang yang masih aman karena bersembunyi, di Belanda masih terjadi perang, adanya serangan udara, dan tembakan terdengar sewaktu-waktu. Selain itu, masyarakat yang masih berada di Belanda, sulit untuk mendapatkan makanan, dan kebutuhan hidup mereka yang lain. Di tempat persembunyian Anne sekarang, sering terdengar kabar terjadinya perampokan Dan, kemungkinan perampok tersebut ketahuan semakin lama semakin besar. Semua yang Anne dengar dari tempat persembunyiannya itu, ia tuliskan di dalam buku harian yang dia sebut “Kitty.”
Dalam buku hariannya, Anne mencurahkan semuanya, dari memberi semangat untuk dia tetap bertahan hidup dan keikhlasannya dalam menerima takdir yang cukup sulit bagi seorang gadis berumur tiga belas tahun ini. Dia juga tak luput untuk menceritakan suasana yang terjadi di tempat persembunyiannya di “Paviliun Rahasia.”
Kisah Anne pun ditutup oleh satu bab yang menguraikan konteks sejarah sehingga apa yang diceritakan Anne dalam buku hariannya semakin kontekstual, sekaligus menutup kisah Anne dan orang-orang yang bersembunyi dalam “Paviliun Rahasia.”
Kelebihan Buku
Bahasa yang digunakan memudahkan para pembaca untuk berimajinasi dalam menempatkan mereka pada kondisi itu. Alur cerita yang digunakan benar-benar menarik dan bagus untuk bisa dijadikan sebuah pembelajaran hidup.
Kekurangan Buku
Harganya yang terlalu mahal.
Kesimpulan
Novel Dear Kitty: The Diary of A Young Girl Karya Anne Frank, bila dilihat dari manfaat, novel ini sangatlah bagus untuk dijadikan pembelajaran hidup, motivasi, dan pikiran yang selalu mau positif. Novel ini pun, masih dapat ditemukan dan akan menjadi salah satu buku yang memiliki konteks sejarah secara nyata yang diceritakan dengan mudah oleh Anne Frank sendiri.
Anne Frank adalah seorang gadis Yahudi berusia tiga belas tahun, putri bungsu dari dua bersaudari dari pasangan yang bernama Otto Frank dan Edith Frank. Kakak dari Anne bernama Margot. Pada saat itu, kehidupan di Belanda sangatlah terancam oleh Nazi. Ayah Anne berusaha memperkirakan pergerakkan situasi politik serta dampak yang akan terjadi bagi kaum
Yahudi.
Setelah, ayah Anne membaca situasi itu, mereka sekeluarga mempersiapkan untuk pergi bersembunyi sampai perang di Belanda berakhir. Sepuluh hari menjelang tanggal yang telah ditentukan untuk pergi bersembunyi dari perang yang terjadi di Belanda, keluarga Anne menerima sebuah surat panggilan dari Gestapo. Pada saat itu, mereka merasakan benar-benar ketakutan dan terpaksa melarikan diri ke tempat persembunyian pada tanggal 7 Juli 1942. Hal itu, mereka lakukan demi menyelamatkan diri dari Nazi yang akan membawa mereka ke kamp-kamp konsentrasi, di mana terjadi pembantaian dan kebiadaban ideologi ektrem serta penolakkan martabat manusia.
Tak terasa waktu yang mereka lalui cukup lama berada di tempat persembunyian tersebut. Dua puluh lima bulan Anne tinggal di loteng sebuah kantor bersama tujuh orang lain, tanpa boleh keluar sedikit pun. Selain keluarga Anne Frank sendiri, ada keluarga Van Daan yang terdiri dari 4 orang, yaitu: pasangan Hermann dan Petronella, putra mereka Peter, dan seorang dokter gigi lanjut usia yang bernama Albert Dussel, yang juga bersembunyi di sana. Dan, di antara orang-orang itu, Anne lah yang paling muda.
Di lain kondisi Anne yang sekarang yang masih aman karena bersembunyi, di Belanda masih terjadi perang, adanya serangan udara, dan tembakan terdengar sewaktu-waktu. Selain itu, masyarakat yang masih berada di Belanda, sulit untuk mendapatkan makanan, dan kebutuhan hidup mereka yang lain. Di tempat persembunyian Anne sekarang, sering terdengar kabar terjadinya perampokan Dan, kemungkinan perampok tersebut ketahuan semakin lama semakin besar. Semua yang Anne dengar dari tempat persembunyiannya itu, ia tuliskan di dalam buku harian yang dia sebut “Kitty.”
Dalam buku hariannya, Anne mencurahkan semuanya, dari memberi semangat untuk dia tetap bertahan hidup dan keikhlasannya dalam menerima takdir yang cukup sulit bagi seorang gadis berumur tiga belas tahun ini. Dia juga tak luput untuk menceritakan suasana yang terjadi di tempat persembunyiannya di “Paviliun Rahasia.”
Kisah Anne pun ditutup oleh satu bab yang menguraikan konteks sejarah sehingga apa yang diceritakan Anne dalam buku hariannya semakin kontekstual, sekaligus menutup kisah Anne dan orang-orang yang bersembunyi dalam “Paviliun Rahasia.”
Kelebihan Buku
Bahasa yang digunakan memudahkan para pembaca untuk berimajinasi dalam menempatkan mereka pada kondisi itu. Alur cerita yang digunakan benar-benar menarik dan bagus untuk bisa dijadikan sebuah pembelajaran hidup.
Kekurangan Buku
Harganya yang terlalu mahal.
Kesimpulan
Novel Dear Kitty: The Diary of A Young Girl Karya Anne Frank, bila dilihat dari manfaat, novel ini sangatlah bagus untuk dijadikan pembelajaran hidup, motivasi, dan pikiran yang selalu mau positif. Novel ini pun, masih dapat ditemukan dan akan menjadi salah satu buku yang memiliki konteks sejarah secara nyata yang diceritakan dengan mudah oleh Anne Frank sendiri.
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September 29, 2020
Anna Frank is a Jew; and during WWll it was hard for Jews. Anna has to go into hiding with her family, another family, and some friends. She wrote in a diary for the duration of her stay in the "Secret Annex", the warehouse they hid in. This book hit close to home. I am not having to stay in hiding, never being able to go outside and knowing there are people out there who want you gone, but with COVID-19 and quarenting, I can relate to maybe the smallest portion. Being stuck inside, doing the same things day in and day out, I can understand a little bit. Anna Frank was a very bright girl with lots of wonderful ideas, and you can see her mind at work for years as she is growing into a young woman. This was a wonderful book, slow at times, but with great insight.
June 17, 2012
this is a very inappropriate book
July 13, 2018
This is a great way for younger readers to learn the story of Anne Frank and realize that she was just a young girl when this happened and young readers can associate with her.
August 26, 2018
What I loved about Anne the most is that She was full of live in those hard circumstances whereas no one like us can survive that way. I learned to be happy in any situation from her. Thanks Anne.
April 6, 2025
The Diary of Anne Frank is a complex story about a young girl and her family who were taken to a concentration camp in 1940. On her fourteenth birthday she was given a journal, where she wrote about her experiences and feelings during this time. Later she died and her mother from exhaustion and starvation. The father was the only one who survived. He later published her journal in 1947. This was a very sad story, but very insightful and interesting.
May 27, 2020
Great pandemic reading. Anne's experiences of isolation resonated. It is remarkable to note Anne's growth in maturity over two plus years. Such a sad ending to her young life, and yet she achieved the recognition of her writing skills she desired after her death.
August 14, 2017
The truth of WWII from a youth perspective.
January 5, 2020
It was a good world war 2 novel but pretty depressing
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April 22, 2021
I loved reading about this book and learning more about Anne Frank and her life. this book shows strength.
July 4, 2022
Fascinating and poignant, but at the same time very sad.
October 19, 2023
I would like to read it again, I was young when I first read this book and went to a holocaust museum.
October 6, 2019
It took me almost 3 months to finish reading this book. Mainly for two reasons, I couldn't dedicate enough time for reading on a regular basis because of my schedule and also because of the slow pace of the book which describes Anne's experiences and thoughts in detail. I had to skip many pages as I felt the days in hiding were mostly similar.
Annelies Marie Frank started writing this diary two days after her thirteenth birthday. The book starts with Anne explaining her life before moving into Secret Annex. She explains about her family, friends and schoolmates. She also expresses her thoughts about things around her and what people think about her, common thoughts of a growing teenager. But things change when Germans attack Holland (Netherlands) and start taking all the Jews as prisoners. There was bloodshed, people were arrested just for being Jews and many of them had to hide to escape from all this. Anne's family had to move into secret annex above her father's office with another family.
She has beautifully explained how difficult it was to live without having proper connection with the outside world. And how they would spend time in the annex with constant fear of getting caught or attacked by Germans. She has also explained how the life in hiding was different from the one outside.
Though Anne didn't live to write the ending of her diary, her father and the publishers have given a brief explanation about what happened to the people in annex. Unfortunately, out of 8 people only Anne's father, Otto Frank lived to tell stories of his daughter and share her experiences.
Read this book if you want to know how difficult and different our lives will be if we don’t have the freedom that we deserve. And how bad the wars are for all the living beings as they cause destruction of property, lives and peace.
Annelies Marie Frank started writing this diary two days after her thirteenth birthday. The book starts with Anne explaining her life before moving into Secret Annex. She explains about her family, friends and schoolmates. She also expresses her thoughts about things around her and what people think about her, common thoughts of a growing teenager. But things change when Germans attack Holland (Netherlands) and start taking all the Jews as prisoners. There was bloodshed, people were arrested just for being Jews and many of them had to hide to escape from all this. Anne's family had to move into secret annex above her father's office with another family.
She has beautifully explained how difficult it was to live without having proper connection with the outside world. And how they would spend time in the annex with constant fear of getting caught or attacked by Germans. She has also explained how the life in hiding was different from the one outside.
Though Anne didn't live to write the ending of her diary, her father and the publishers have given a brief explanation about what happened to the people in annex. Unfortunately, out of 8 people only Anne's father, Otto Frank lived to tell stories of his daughter and share her experiences.
Read this book if you want to know how difficult and different our lives will be if we don’t have the freedom that we deserve. And how bad the wars are for all the living beings as they cause destruction of property, lives and peace.
March 5, 2016
Books on CD are right up there with Peanut butter and chocolate. Love listening to a book on the ride to and from work on HWY 35. I feel as if Anna is one of my best friends that is able to look at the world with the same hope that Jesus would of. She sounds like she had been reading the new testament and Paul's letter of the world being dark and the we, God's children, being the light in the world. This is the hope Paul and Jesus speaks of when we loose hope that the human race has lost all it's senses when we decide to hate one kind of persons based on ignorance and fear. It is not that the world has gone mad or dark, it is simply that the light has decided to take a back seat, or be quiet and say nothing. To not fear now. Fear when God takes His light out of this world. Then what light with the darkness have to hope for. I can't wait to see young Anna again in Heaven running free and being opinionated.
August 4, 2016
Somehow I got through school without reading this classic. I enjoyed this as a recorded book, performed by Susan Adams. It was very well done and helped pass the many miles that I drove toting children around. :)
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June 23, 2012
To this day i will read this over & over & over again.
March 10, 2014
Excellent book. I think every child/young adult should read this touching book. Just amazing.
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