Saturday, 25 August 2007

If Anne Frank had a blog


The name mentioned above might sound unfamiliar. But, if you know who this young girl is, you might already know the world she lived in. A world filled with discrimination, persecution, anarchy and abuse of power. I had read of this young Jewish girl called Anne Frank , and I had the chance of getting hold of the book. The book chronicles the life of Anne Frank and her family in hiding. It is based on real life account of Anne Frank and her Jewish family, who hid in an office building for up to two years, due to Hitler's persecution of Jews. The book which is a recreation of her diary, was to me enlightening to what Jews faced due to Hitler's psychotic hate for a particular group of people. Although, the book is really slow and tiring, since it is basically an account of people living a very boring and monotonous life in a building, it still gives its reader a connection to the characters. Fortunately, I was lucky to tune into the movie which was being shown on TV. It was a black and white movie, in fact, the first black and white movie I have ever watched from the start to end. Surprisingly, even if the movie was in B and W, it still was able to give the audience a very visual version of the book. Also, the movie freedom fighters which is about a class of young and irate teens, who get inspired by their teacher, through the help of the book Diary of a young girl. The students get to meet a real character from the book, and this consequently inspires them.
Anne Frank's diary of her last years, helped and saved these teenagers from the anger they felt inside. Still I wonder what this young lass would write if she had a blog, like most people reading this now.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Some people say that Anne Frank was sold out to the Nazi by peple from the Jordan, a self determined "hood" in the center of Amsterdam.
I asked about it in a cafe' in the Jordan and one man answered "asked that guy there, he was a spy for the Germans" pointing at an old man. He was too drunk to talk to.

Anonymous said...

@anonymous - who the informant was will forever remain a mystery and has been the subject of speculation and scholarly debate.

You should check to see if there are any blogs by 'survivors'. They might give you an idea of what Anne Frank would have written.