Anne Frank
Mini-Biographies
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1.
Anne Frank
Over one million children
under the age of 16 died in
Nazi concentration camps
during World War II. Anne
Frank was one of them.
2.
Anne Frank was a GermanJewish teenager born on June
12th, 1929. On June 12th, 1942,
Anne received a small red and
white diary for her thirteenth
birthday. She called her new diary “Kitty” and wrote in it every day. Anne’s diary became
her best friend. From July 6th, 1942, Anne’s family and four friends went into hiding from
the Nazis. They hid in small rooms above her father’s office in Amsterdam. They hid for 25
months. Everything about their lives became a secret.
3.
But they were betrayed. They were arrested and taken to Nazi concentration camps. In
March of 1945, nine months after she was arrested, Anne Frank died of typhus. She was 15
years old. Only Anne’s father, Otto Frank, survived the Holocaust.
4.
After the war, Otto Frank found his daughter’s diary. In 1947, he published the diary. He
wanted people to know about Nazi fascism and the Holocaust. Since then, the diary has
been published in 55 languages. More than 24 million copies have been sold. In English, the
book is called The Diary of Anne Frank.
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READING COMPREHENSION
Answer the following questions using complete sentences.
1.
How many children died in Nazi concentration camps?
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2.
Where was Anne Frank from?
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3.
What did Anne receive on her thirteenth birthday?
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4.
What did she call her new diary?
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5.
Why did Anne’s family go into hiding?
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6.
Where did they hide?
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7.
How long did they hide?
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8.
After they were betrayed, where were they taken?
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9.
When did Anne Frank die?
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10. How old was she when she died?
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11. Who survived the Holocaust?
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12. Who found Anne’s diary?
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13. When did he publish Anne’s diary?
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14. Why did he publish Anne’s diary?
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15. How many languages has the diary been published in?
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VOCABULARY REVIEW
Unscramble the words below from the story. Then write one original sentence for each word.
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READING COMPREHENSION
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ANSWER KEY
1.
Over one million children died in Nazi concentration camps.
2.
Anne Frank was from Germany.
3.
Anne received a small red and white diary on her thirteenth birthday.
4.
She called her new diary “Kitty.”
5.
Anne’s family went into hiding from the Nazis.
6.
They hid in small rooms above her father’s office in Amsterdam.
7.
They hid for 25 months.
8.
After they were betrayed, they were taken to Nazi concentration camps.
9.
Anne Frank died in March of 1945.
10. She was 15 years old when she died.
11. Anne’s father, Otto Frank, survived the Holocaust.
12. Otto Frank found Anne’s diary.
13. He published Anne’s diary in 1947.
14. He published Anne’s diary because he wanted people to know about Nazi fascism and the Holocaust.
15. The diary has been published in 55 languages.
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VOCABULARY REVIEW
1.
w i s e h j!
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arrested!
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in the Word Search below.
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