What was the Holocaust?

The systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately 6 million European Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.

Why did the Frank family move from Germany to Amsterdam?

To escape Nazi persecution of Jewish people.

It was a way for the German authorities to identify and discriminate against Jewish people.

Margot Frank received a notice to report for so-called work.

Grade 8th Grade · Social Studies · 45 min

I can analyze Anne Frank's diary entries to understand her experiences during the Holocaust.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · 11:28

Anne Frank: Her World and Her Diary

3 key concepts

1
Anne Frank wrote in her diary for over two years while hiding from the Nazis in the Secret Annex in Amsterdam.
2
During the Holocaust, the Nazi regime systematically persecuted and murdered approximately 6 million European Jews.
3
After the war, Anne's father, Otto Frank, published her diary in 1947, fulfilling her dream of becoming a published author.

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“According to Anne Frank's diary, what were some of the restrictions placed on Jewish people living in the Netherlands during the Nazi occupation?”

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