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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Summary & Study Guide Description
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Plot Summary
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The First Year
The diary opens on June 12, 1942. Frank and her family have gone into hiding to escape persecution by the Nazis, and Frank has decided that the diary she received for her thirteenth birthday will make the perfect friend and confidante. She names the diary "Kitty," and explains that because she has never had a real friend to whom she could tell everything, she will create one in the persona of Kitty.
Frank writes that her family lived in Frankfurt until Mr. Frank fled to Amsterdam with his family as Nazi Germany became increasingly anti-Semitic. When the Nazis occupied Holland, Mr. Frank moved his family into the pre-arranged hiding place over the warehouse. The move to the hiding place was prompted by a letter to Margot, telling her to report to a reception center from which concentration camp assignments were made. Quickly and immediately, the Franks packed only a...
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