Transcript 13 years old Who was she in hiding with?

To find out about a time in recent
history when the Jews were
persecuted for their religious beliefs.
During World War 2 a Jewish teenager wrote a
diary about her life…
What was the girl called?
Anne Frank
Where did she live?
Amsterdam, in Holland.
Where was she when she wrote most of the diary?
She was in hiding.
Why was she in hiding?
She was in hiding because she was Jewish.
Why were Jewish people being persecuted?
A man called Hitler was in power in Germany. Hitler
hated the Jews & wanted to kill them. Germany had
invaded Holland, where Anne & her family lived.
How old was she when she was in hiding?
13 years old
Who was she in hiding with?
Her mum, dad & sister, another family & a friend
who was a dentist.
When did she die?
In March 1945, when she was 16 years old.
How did she die?
She died of a disease in a concentration camp.
Copy out this paragraph about Anne Frank & fill in
the gaps using the words below.
Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt, ________ in
1929. She was ________ & German, her father was
even an officer in the German army in World War I.
In 1933, when Anne was __ years old, Adolf Hitler’s
____ party came to power in Germany. Hitler felt
that Jews were not as good as other people & he
began to _________ them.
Anne’s family moved to __________, in Holland, to
be safe from the persecution against Jews in
Germany.
However, in 1942, when Anne was ___, the Germans
invaded Holland. They began persecuting the ____,
such as forcing all Jews to wear a yellow star of
David to mark them as Jewish.
Anne’s family was ______ of what might happen to
them & because they could not leave the country to
escape, they went into _______ on 6th July 1942.
Anne was 13 years old.
As a 13th birthday present from her parents, Anne
was given a _____. She started writing this diary all
about her ____ & what was happening to her.
diary
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In her diary Anne Frank wrote:
‘I live in a crazy time.’
Do you agree with Anne? Explain your answers.
Was World War II ‘a crazy time’ for Jews to
live in?
What do you think it would have felt like to
have been Anne & to have been persecuted just
because of your religion?
What do you think you would have done if you
had been Anne’s parents? Would you have gone
into hiding?
From today’s lesson, what can you now tell us
about a time in recent history, when Jews were
persecuted for their religious beliefs?
Complete one of the following two challenges:
a. Read Anne Frank’s diary – If you didn’t want to
buy the book, you can borrow a copy from your
local library or there is a copy in school which
you can ask your teacher to borrow.
b. Write a diary entry for every day this week.
Talk about the things that go on in your life &
how you feel.