Anne Frank writes her last diary entry
Anne Frank the young Jewish girl hiding out in Nazi-occupied Holland whose diary came to serve as a symbol of the Holocaust writes her final entry three days before she and her family are arrested and placed in concentration camps.Frank 15 at the time received the diary on her 13th birthday writing in it faithfully during the two years she and seven others (including her parents Otto and Edith and sister Margot her fathers business associate Hermann van Pels his wife Auguste and son Peter and Fritz Pfeffer the dentist of Otto Franks secretary) lived in a secret annex behind her fathers business in Amsterdam during World War II.In her final entry Frank wrote of how others perceive her describing herself as a bundle of contradictions.She wroteAs Ive told you many times Im split in two.
One side contains my exuberant cheerfulness my flippancy my joy in life and above all my ability to appreciate the lighter side of things.By that I mean not finding anything wrong with flirtations a kiss an embrace an off-color joke.This side of me is usually lying in wait to ambush the other one which is much purer deeper and finer.
.She continued that what she says is not what she feels which is why in her words she had a reputation for being boy-crazy as well as a flirt a smart aleck and a reader of romances.The happy-go-lucky Anne laughs gives a flippant reply shrugs her shoulders and pretends she doesnt give a darn.The quiet Anne reacts in just the opposite way.If Im being completely honest Ill have to admit that it does matter to me that Im trying very hard to change myself but that Im always up against a more powerful enemy.Of the eight prisoners Otto Frank was the only survivor.
Anne Frank died in 1945 from typhus at Germanys Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.Her diary was published by her father in 1947 it has since become a worldwide bestseller. READ MORE Who Betrayed Anne Frank
