#Anne Frank's diary

[maysshortmoviereviews]

We Were the Lucky Ones (2024)

A Jewish family separated at the start of World War II is determined to survive and reunite.

A brilliant, thought-provoking, and extremely moving true story of a Jewish family during WWII. A quality production that is very impactful.

[beep-beep-imma-sheep]

I decided to read Anne Frank's Diary... What an interesting experience considering Venezuela's current events.

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Our lives were not without anxiety, since our relatives in Germany were suffering under Hitler's anti-Jewish laws. After the pogroms in 1938 my two uncles (my mother's brothers) fled Germany, finding safe refuge in North America. My elderly grandmother came to live with us. She was seventy-three years old at the time.

This anxiety feels similar to... Pretty much what anyone who fled their home country would feel.

After May 1940 the good times were few and far between:

28th of July, anyone?

first there was the war, then the capitulation and then the arrival of the Germans, which is when the trouble started for the Jews. Our freedom was severely restricted by a series of anti-Jewish decrees:

Out freedom was severely restricted... Yeah. That speaks for itself.

Jews were required to wear a yellow star; Jews were required to turn in their bicycles; Jews were forbidden to use street-cars; Jews were forbidden to ride in cars, even their own; Jews were required to do their shopping between 3 and 5 P.M.; Jews were required to frequent only Jewish-owned barbershops and beauty parlors; Jews were forbidden to be out on the streets between 8 P.M. and 6 A.M.;

This is not the same, of course, but this also reminds me of how, even if there's no official curfew, no one dares to go outside after certain hour. I remember one of these nights my aunt woke up around 2 am and saw the military through the window roaming around were I live, probably looking for someone to arrest.

Jews were forbidden to attend theaters, movies or any other forms of entertainment; Jews were forbidden to use swimming pools, tennis courts, hockey fields or any other athletic fields; Jews were forbidden to go rowing; Jews were forbidden to take part in any athletic activity in public; Jews were forbidden to sit in their gardens or those of their friends after 8 P.M.; Jews were forbidden to visit Christians in their homes; Jews were required to attend Jewish schools,etc.

... Well, we haven't reached that point. But no one SHOULD get to that point-.

You couldn't do this and you couldn't do that, but life went on.

That sounds very 🇻🇪 to me.

Jacque always said to me, "I don't dare do anything anymore, 'cause I'm afraid it's not allowed".

Again, that feeling looks... Very familiar.

It seems like years since Sunday morning. So much has happened it's as if the whole world had suddenly turned upside down.

🇻🇪28th of July🇻🇪

It's more like being on vacation in some strange pension. Kind of an odd way to look at life in hiding, but that's how things are.

Coping mechanisms be like.

Whatever we do, we're very afraid the neighbors might hear or see us.

GIRL, SAME. There's Chavistas in my neighborhood, I'm s c a r e d that they'd end up ratting us out on being from the opposition so the police can put us under arrest.

Though the people who work there are not on the premises after hours, any sound we make might travel through the walls.

I know that fear.

We've forbidden Margot to cough at night, even though she has a bad cold, and are giving her large doses of codeine.

...

Of course, we can't ever look out the window or go outside. And we have to be quiet so the people downstairs can't hear us. (...) Not being able to go outside upsets me more than I can say, and I'm terrified our hiding place will be discovered and that we'll be shot. That, of course, is a fairly dismal prospect.

From July 28th to August 1st I didn't even dare to look out the window. And the fear of being shot is something I carry with me since I was a kid.

And sometimes they talk about Moortje and I can't take that at all. Moortje is my weak spot. I miss her every minute of the day, and no one knows how often I think of her; whenever I do, my eyes fill with tears. Moortje is so sweet, and I love her so much that I keep dreaming she'll come back to us.

Unrelated to the topic, but back in the last days of May my dog passed away (yes, I had the worst pride month). I resonated with this scared 13 y/o girl who had to leave everything behind, even her beloved pet.

Yesterday I had a horrible fright. At eight o'clock the doorbell suddenly rang. All I could think of was that someone was coming to get us, you know who I mean. But I calmed down when everybody swore it must have been either pranksters or the mailman.

Sometimes I remember the fact that a guard could just... Break into my house and take me or someone I love away. And that's terrifying.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

TODAY’S FROZEN MOMENT - 80th Anniversary

July 15th, 1944 - here was Anne Frank’s room in the secret annex…

And here was her diary entry for this day: “If I’m watched to that extent, I start by getting snappy, then unhappy and finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I so would like to be, and what I could be, if, there weren't any other people living in the world.”

[Mary Elaine LeBey]

[remembertheplunge]

You (diary) listen, listen, listen.

12/17/1989.( The entry continues) 

“Anne Frank said that she was glad  she kept a  diary because her other friends were shallow. She could not discuss real issues with them. She named her diary Kitty

I come to you, my friend diary, for the same reason. Although all of my friends are friends in spots, including you and including me, you come closest to being “there for me” in the least offensive and the most open way. You listen, listen, listen."

[yoursannefrank]

Official trailer from the new National Geographic series focusing on Miep Gies, the woman, who helped to hide Anne Frank and her family. 

[vanessafangirl13]

Happy birthday to Anne Frank 🎉🎊 a symbol of hope and human rights of the 20th century

And the writer of her diary explaining her life during the most tragic moment

Though her life was cut short at 15 years old during the Holocaust, she's still remembered as one of the most celebrated writers of all time, published after the war by her father Otto Frank, Her story would continue for many generations to come

[anjhdesigns]

The Secret Annex

reference retrieved from https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/secret-annex/

[trexalicious]

I was 19 when I visited the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam. It made a tremendous impact on me that a young woman near my age, enduring so much, could remain so strong in the face of it all. I read her diary soon after. If you haven't read it, you are missing out on an amazing piece of literature!

Anne Frank's strength is a major aspect of her legacy. Despite the harrowing circumstances she faced, she managed to maintain her hope and optimism. Her diary entries often illustrated her determination to find goodness in people and her dreams for the future, regardless of the terror surrounding her. She also had an innate ability to reflect deeply on human nature and her own experiences. Despite her own suffering, Anne wrote about her compassion for others. She showed remarkable insight into the struggles and feelings of those around her, demonstrating a profound sense of empathy. Her story continues to inspire so many of us because her strength is not just about survival, but also about maintaining your humanity and hope in the darkest of times.

RIP Anne Frank the diary you wanted to publish after the war became one of the most read, most important and most inspiring books in the world🙏❤

"The weather's been wonderful since yesterday /.../ I go to the attic almost every morning to get the stale air out of my lungs /.../ I also looked out of the open window, letting my eyes roam over a large part of Amsterdam, over the rooftops and on to the horizon, a strip of blue so pale it was almost invisible. 'As long as this exist,' I thought, 'this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?' The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature's beauty and simplicity."

(Anne in her diary, February 23, 1944)

🌱🌸

Photo: Anne, May 1942.

Shared by Linda 🕎

[pantheonbooks]

"I've learned one thing: you can only really get to know a person after a fight. Only then can you judge their true character!" —Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation

The graphic edition of Anne Frank's timeless diary remains faithful to the original, while the stunning illustrations interpret and add layers of visual meaning and immediacy to this classic work of Holocaust literature.

[lostmementomemori]

Anne Frank and her sister, Margot, at the beach. (Zandvoort, Netherlands, 1940.)

[maysshortmoviereviews]

A Small Light (2023)

🎬The inspiring, real-life story of Miep Gies, who played a critical role in hiding Anne Frank and her family during the Nazi occupation in Amsterdam.

📝An exceptionally filmed, acted real life story about someone who dared to risk it all in order to do the right thing. It's thought provoking and very moving, you know what happened after the secret annex was raided, but you couldn't help but to hope for a miracle. I think this is essential viewing and I cannot recommend it enough. The whole series is a classic, but the last two episodes really hit it home.

Bel Powely @belpowley is a gifted actress and as is Joe Cole @theotherjoecole. Newcomer Billie Boullet is great as Anne Frank, but it really got to me when she left the Annex and the look on her face.

I am still thinking about this series, it was one of the reasons why I signed up to National Geographic so I could watch it. The whole cast is great and this story had to be told. I hope they make more about the good people who did the right thing, they are an inspiration.

[ridenwithbiden]

Hate has been Emboldened

[strokeofserenity]

October 29:

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Anne Frank

[macrolit]

Tales from the Secret Annex Anne Frank FYI - this is 1 of 12 vintage paperback classics that comprise our current giveaw@y.

[yoursannefrank]

Otto Frank inaugurating the Statue of Anne Frank, Amsterdam 1977

SOURCE

[citizenscreen]

“The Diary of a Young Girl,” the personal journal of Anne Frank, was published #OnThisDay in 1947