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Write a critical note on Anne Frank's diary.

Or

How does Anne Frank's diary acquaint you with her life and time?

Or

Anne Frank's The Diary of a young Girl is much more than a personal account of her experiences. Do you agree? Discuss. 

Anne Frank's Diary describes the incidents in her life from her thirteenth birthday in June 1942 till she was captured by the Gestapo in August, 1944.

The entries are full of interesting anecdotes, thoughts and dreams that are part of the life of a young girl.

 She truthfully describes the fear and hopes of a group of people comprising immediate family and friends who took refuge in a secret hideout to escape the persecution of the Nazis.

Anne's early recollections of Jewish persecution Anne was born of Jewish parents in Germany who immigrated to Holland in 1933, when Anne was four years old, due to Jewish persecution.

Even there, the family felt the impact of Hitler's anti-Jewish laws.

Once the Second World War started and the Germans captured Holland, life became really hard. Many Anti-Jewish laws were passed.

Jews had to wear a yellow star to distinguish them, they had to hand in their bicycles and they were banned from trams and forbidden to drive. They could shop only between three and five and only in Jewish shops. Cinemas and theatres were forbidden to Jews and they could not take part in public sports. Jewish children could study only in Jewish schools. So Anne had to discontinue her regular school and attend the Jewish Secondary School.

The family's escape to the 'Secret Annexe' Anne's father had decided that they would escape the Germans before they came to collect them.

When the Nazis summoned Anne's sister Margot, the family decided that the time has come to go into hiding. Anne and Margot packed their essentials into school bags. Their friends Miep and Henk took some bags filled with clothes. Early in the morning, each family member put on a number of clothes and giving the were going to school, they walked to the secret annexe in the building of Anne's father's office.

The annexe was hidden behind the office and contained a few rooms with minimum facilities.

They were soon joined by  the Van Daans and later on by a dentist called Albert Dussel. Thun group of eight people lived in the confines of the secret annexe for years.

 Anne's relationship with her parents

Anne's relationship with her mother was strained. But she was attached to her father Ofto Frank.

She felt that her mother loved her sister Margot more than her.

 Anne adored her father to whom she was emotionally the closest deeply.

 Anne's relationship with others in the Secret Annexe Initially

 Anne looked forward to the arrival of the Van Daan at the secrt annexe since there would be more company.

 She describes their son, Peter as not yet sixteen and rather soft, shy and gawky.

At first, she does not like his company but later on they fall in love.

Anne does not like the quarrels between Mrs. and Mr. Van Daan who shout at each other. She constantly makes fun of Mrs. Van Daan who is often described as unbearable.