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35 Captivating Facts About Anne Frank And Her Family

Edith Frank - Otto Frank
Anne, Otto, and other family members at Miep Gies’ wedding. Anne Frank.org. 

10. Anne Lived A Life Of Segregation During The 1940s

Colored image of Anne Frank. The JC.

Nazi Germany took over the Netherlands in the fall of 1939. When this happened, Anne’s life began to change quickly. She soon found herself heading to a different school, one that only allowed Jewish children. She couldn’t hang out with some of her old friends because they weren’t Jewish.


Anne, along with all other Jews, had to wear a yellow Star of David at all times to show people her Jewish roots. She also needed to live by a strict curfew and watch her father lose his business he spent years building.  

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