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• ANNE FRANK POSTERS
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Anne Frank - Writers Who Changed the World Wall Poster
Poster Text: “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
The Diary of a Young Girl
Perhaps no book sums up the tragedy and bravery of humanity better than Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank. It was published in 1947, two years after its author died at the age of 15 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. In her diary, Anne wrote to an imaginary friend named Kitty and described her life as she, her family, and others hid from the Nazis in the attic in Amsterdam, Holland, during World War II.
Anneliese Marie Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1929. Her family moved to Holland a few years later to escape growing prejudice and violence against Jews, but life grew much more difficult when the nazix invaded Holland in 1940. When Anne's older sister, Margot, received a notice to report to a Nazi "labor" camp on July 5, 1942, and a policeman came to the door that very day, the Franks knew that they had to go into hiding. The next day, they began their life in a secret two-room annex above Anne's father's law office.
The Franks and four other Jews lived in the annex for more than two years. They had to remain almost completely silent and motionless during the day to avoid detection while people worked in the office below – they could only move around at night and on the weekends. Several employees of the law firm helped them, bringing them food, drink, and news of the outside world.
Anne had received her diary as a present for her 13th birthday in June 1942 and it was here that she recorded her thoughts, her fears, her dreams, and her impressions of the world. Anne's sadness and fear come through loud and clear, but so do her wit and courage in the face of such horrible conditions.
In August 1944, someone betrayed the eight Jews hiding in the house to the Nazis, and they were arrested. They were sent to various prison and death camps. Anne and Margot died of typhus just months before the war ended; Anne's father, Otto, was the only one of the eight to survive. Miep Gies, a secretary who had helped the Franks hide, discovered Anne's diary and kept it. Otto Frank published portions of his daughter's diary two years later. Since then, The Diary of a Young Girl has been translated into most of the languages in the world. Anne Frank's honest, intelligent voice puts a human face on the almost unthinkable tragedies suffered at the hands of the Nazis. Her book has taught people everwhere about the dangers and horrors of war and prejudice.
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Heroes of the 20th Century -
Anne Frank Wall Poster
b. 6-12-1929; Frankfurt am Main, Germany
d. Feb/March, 1945; Bergen-Belsen Camp
“I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.”
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Anne Frank in the World
1929-1945
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Survivors at Ebensee
United States troops liberated the concentration camp at Ebensee, a subcamp to Mauthausen, Austria, on May 9, 1945, at the end of WWII. An estimated 20,000 people died at Ebensee and it is considered one of the "most diabolic concentration camps ever built."
• History Through a Lens poster series
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Badges of Hate
Jews were ordered to wear a cloth patch in the shape of the Star of David by the Reich in the onset of World War II. There is a long history of forcing identifying marks or clothing on those who did not belong to the ruling class.
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Echoes of the Holocaust / TIME Cover: February 24, 1997
TIME story about the work of Holocaust survivors and their descendents to recover money, art, and other property hidden in Swiss bank vaults during WWII.
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Ancient Jews
(2000 B.C. – 922 B.C.)
The ancient Jews did not rule a large and powerful empire like many of the other ancient civilizations. But they made a very important contribution to the world. This contribution is the idea of monotheism – the worship of one God instead of many gods and goddesses. The Jews were the first to believe that one all-powerful god is the creator of all things, and today, nearly all of the world's major religions are monotheistic.
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Artwork depicts the ruins of the ancient fortress at Masada and a rabbi holding the Torah.
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• Ancient Israelites and Their Neighbors: An Activity Guide
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World Religions -
Judaism Wall Poster
“Here, O Lord, the Eternal One is our God, the Eternal God alone, You shall love your Eternal God with all your heart, and with all your mind, with all your being.” Deuteronomy 6:4-6
. . . Throughout their history, Jews have endured persecution. In 586 B.C., the Jewish temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians, and many Jews were exiled from their homeland. During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, European Jews face anti-Semitism – prejudice against people of the Jewish faith – from the predominantly Christian European population. And during World War II, more than six million Jews were murdered by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in the Holocaust. . . .
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Maria Montessori
Fine Art Poster
“Within the child lies the fate of the future.”
Maria Montessori
published by-Creative Process
• did you know Anne Frank went to a Montessori school? - see other famous Montessorians
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“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
Anne Frank
b. 6-12-1929; Frankfurt am Main, Germany
d. Feb/March, 1945; Bergen-Belsen Camp
• ANNE FRANK BOOKS, VIDEO
Diary of a Young Girl -Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century. Since its publication in 1947, it has been read by tens of millions of people all over the world. It remains a beloved and deeply admired testament to the indestructible nature of the human spirit. Restored in this Definitive Edition are diary entries that were omitted from the original edition. These passages, which constitute 30 percent more material, reinforce the fact that Anne was first and foremost a teenage girl, not a remote and flawless symbol. She fretted about and tried to cope with her own sexuality. Like many young girls, she often found herself in disagreements with her mother. And like any teenager, she veered between the carefree nature of a child and the full-fledged sorrow of an adult. Anne emerges more human, more vulnerable and more vital than ever. (product description)
Teaching the Diary of Anne Frank by Susan Mober - An In-Depth Resource for Learning About the Holocaust Through the Writings of Anne Frank
This sensitively written, scrupulously researched resource provides the background information and materials you need to teach The Diary of Anne Frank, and place it in the context of the Holocaust. Filled with the discussion questions, ideas for journal writing, documents, timelines, poetry, photos, and more, this important book will help your students come to understand Anne Frank and the tragedy of the Holocaust.
Anne Frank - The Whole Story, DVD 2001 - complete story of Anne Frank, going beyond what the Jewish teenage girl wrote in her widely read diary; meeting up with the Frank family before Anne receives her diary and following her past the diary last entries into Auschwitz and Birkenau.
LINKS FOR LEARNING : ANNE FRANK
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