THE HOLOCAUST 1933 – 1945 Anne Frank Hiding and Betrayal THE HOLOCAUST WAS THE SYSTEMATIC, BUREAUCRATIC MASS MURDER OF MORE THAN SIX MILLION JEWS BY THE NAZI REGIME AND ITS COLLABORATORS Holocaust History An overview of Anne Frank and her family’s experiences through persecution, hiding, betrayal, deportation, and the Nazi concentration camp system Anne Frank Sculpture Bust Created by K-12th grade and College-Age Students Over 30 million copies of Anne Frank’s diary have been sold and the literary work has been translated into 67 languages. As a Jewish teenager during The Holocaust, she was hidden for two years from Adolf Hitler’s plan, the “Final Solution,” to annihilate the Jews. Her diary archives the peril her family daily faced while in hiding. Anne Frank, at the age of 15, perished in the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in 1945. Anne Frank’s Secret Annex Scale Model Created by K-12th grade and College-Age Students This is the “Hiding Place” where Anne Frank and her family were hidden from the Nazis for almost two years. Anne Frank and Friends Sculpture Created by K-12th grade and College-Age Students During the Holocaust, Anne was a normal little girl with friends just like many other children, until she was forced into hiding in an attempt to save her life. Anne Frank: Portrait Oil Painting Created by K-12th grade and College-Age Students Of the more than 6 million Jews murdered during The Holocaust, nearly 1.5 million were innocent children like Anne Frank. Anne Frank: The Diarist Oil Painting Created by K-12th grade and College-Age Students Anne Frank is perhaps one of the most widely known victims of The Holocaust. Many children read her diaries, yet never realize the extensive impact that The Holocaust had on 20th Century World History and future generations. Sources http://www.ushmm.org/ http://www.annefrank.org/ Images courtesy of the WFCS Holocaust Museum http://theholocaustmuseum.info/ Copyright © 2014. WFCS Holocaust Museum