The Secret Annexe Short Story

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Secret Annexe
The hiding place was located in Anne’s Father’s office building. The large warehouse on the ground floor was used as a workroom and storeroom and was divided into several different sections, such as the stock room and the milling room, where cinnamon, cloves and a pepper substitute are ground. Next to the warehouse door there was another outside door, a separate entrance to the office. Just inside the office door there was a second floor, and beyond that there was a stairway. At the top of the stairs there was another door with a frosted window on which the word “office” was written in black letters. A wooden staircase leads from the downstairs and takes to another floor. At the top of the stairs was a landing, with doors on either side. The door on the left was the way to spice storage area.
The arrest
On august 4, 1944, Gestapo knocked at the door of the secret annexe and arrested all the eight people hiding in it. The franks, the van daans and Mr. Dussel were sent to wester bork.
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She wanted to be a writer whose writings were appreciated. Never did she dream that her diary would be read by millions all over the world. Her father, Otto frank, the only survivor among the eight members of the secret annexe, was given her diary by Miep Gies. He published her diary in June 1947 and it became an immediate success. In 1950, it was published in France, in 1952 in England, and the united states titled- “Anne frank: the diary of young girl”. Now it has been translated and published in 60 different languages, including Bengali, Slovene and Esperanto and has sold more than one million copies in hard cover alone. It has remained in the top list of publication of the 20th century. In 1955 it inspired a play ‘the diary of Anne frank’, and a movie version in 1959, and was adapted for television in

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