The Secret Annex Hiding

Have you ever played hide-and-seek for over two years? These people were in hiding because of their religion, which was Jewish. The Nazis were the group of people led by the Adolf Hitler. Hitler and the Nazis were taking the Jews to the dreaded concentration and extermination camps. These camps were brutal for the people. The Franks, Van Daans, and Mr.Dussel spent over two years hiding in the Secret Annex. How did these people pass such a horrible time in history? How easy, or in their case hard, was it to communicate with the world outside of the Secret Annex? Where was the Secret Annex located in which these people spent the remainders of their life?

The Secret Annex in which they hid in was located in the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. In total, there were eight people in the Annex plus two people helping them out. These people were Margot and her sister Anne Frank, Edith and her husband Otto Frank, Putti Van Daan and his wife Auguste Van Daan and

Anne wrote in her famous diary to pass two years of hiding. They also made a list of stuff they needed. This list usually contained bread, books, potatoes, and cigarettes, if Mr. Van Daan was lucky. Another key point, is that the food they were given couldn’t always feed them all, sometimes the proportions given were very little. Peter played with his cat, Mouschi, while he and the others were in hiding. Communication was a tough thing to do with the outside world.

They had three main ways of communicating with the outsiders. They had a radio that they listened to after the works had left the department building. Miep was the main source, though, she brought them the supplies and most of the news they received. Additionally, she also brought the news that Eisenhower had arrived on the coast of Normandy and that “D-Day” was in the near future. Although, Miep was the main source she couldn’t always make it, so Mr.Kraler would bring them news and what they