Read this excerpt from Anne Frank Remembered.It was just an ordinary Friday morning, August 4, 1944. First thing in the morning, I'd gone into the hiding place to get the shopping list. Lonely after the long night locked in together, my friends were hungry for a good visit. Anne, as usual, had many questions to ask and urged me to talk a little. I promised that I'd come back and sit and we could have a real talk in the afternoon when I returned with the groceries. But conversation would have to wait until then. I went back to the office and got started with my work.How is Miep’s perspective different than Anne’s?
Read this excerpt from Anne Frank Remembered.ElIi gave me a frightened look. I nodded my agreement with Koophuis. She took the wallet and dashed out the door.Mr. Koophuis locked eyes with me and said, "Miep, you can also leave.""I can't," I responded. It was true. I couldn't.Which theme can be inferred from this passage?
Read this excerpt from Anne Frank Remembered.In a fury, he flung my identification card at my head and approached me almost in a bent-over position, as though bent with rage. "Aren't you ashamed that you are helping Jewish garbage?" he snarled at me. He then began to curse me, shouting terrible words and saying that I was a traitor, that I would get a terrible punishment. He kept on cursing uncontrollably. I remained standing as tall as I could, not reacting at all to his words. The more he shouted, the more nervous he became. He began to pace from wall to wall. Suddenly, he spun on his heel and said, "What shall I do with you?"Why does Miep react in this way?
Read this excerpt from Anne Frank Remembered.In spite of that, he was friendly, and I recalled that Mr. Frank had been aware of this man's membership in the Dutch Nazi Party before he'd gone into hiding, since the man had worn a party pin under his lapel. I remember that Mr. Frank had commented, "This man you can trust. I know he's not a Nazi at heart. He must have joined the NSB because he was hanging around with a bunch of young men who joined. Being a bachelor and needing a social life, that's why he joined too."Which theme can be inferred from this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from Anne Frank Remembered.Determined not to let my knees tremble, I forced myself up the steps to the room where I had been directed. I knocked on the door. No one answered, so I opened it. As the door swung open, I saw a round table filled with high-ranking Nazis. Their caps were on the table, and in the middle of the table was a radio. The radio was playing an English broadcast. Right away, I recognized the BBC.All their eyes burned into me. I realized that I had accidentally witnessed them committing a crime of treason, for which the penalty was death. I knew they would do with me what they would, so I had nothing more to lose. "Who is in charge?" I asked.Why is this excerpt suspenseful?
Read this excerpt from Anne Frank Remembered.Right away, from the door, I saw that the place had been ransacked. Drawers were open, things strewn all over the floor. Everywhere objects were overturned. My eyes took in a scene of terrible pillage. Then I walked into Mr. and Mrs. Frank's bedroom. On the floor, amidst the chaos of papers and books, my eye lit on the little red-orange checkered, cloth-bound diary that Anne had received from her father on her thirteenth birthday. I pointed it out to Elli. Obeying my gesture, she leaned down and picked it up for me, putting it into my hands. I remembered how happy Anne had been to receive this little book to write her private thoughts in. I knew how precious her diary was to Anne. My eyes scanned the rubble for more of Anne's writings, and I saw the old accounting books and many more writing papers that Elli and I had given to her when she had run out of pages in the checkered diary. Elli was still very scared, and looked to me for direction. I told Elli, "Help me pick up all Anne's writings."Which theme can be inferred from this excerpt?
Read this excerpt from Anne Frank Remembered.Then I walked into Mr. and Mrs. Frank's bedroom. On the floor, amidst the chaos of papers and books, my eye lit on the little red-orange checkered, cloth-bound diary that Anne had received from her father on her thirteenth birthday. I pointed it out to Elli. Obeying my gesture, she leaned down and picked it up for me, putting it into my hands. I remembered how happy Anne had been to receive this little book to write her private thoughts in. I knew how precious her diary was to Anne. My eyes scanned the rubble for more of Anne's writings, and I saw the old accounting books and many more writing papers that Elli and I had given to her when she had run out of pages in the checkered diary. Elli was still very scared, and looked to me for direction. I told Elli, "Help me pick up all Anne's writings."Why is this effort important to Miep?
Read this excerpt from Anne Frank Remembered.A few minutes later, the Dutchman who had first entered our office, the man with the gun, came back into my room. Ignoring me, he sat down at Elli's desk across from me and dialed the telephone. I heard him asking that a car be sent.Why is this excerpt suspenseful?
Read this excerpt from Anne Frank Remembered.Then he walked toward the back office where Mr. Kraler was working, leaving us alone. We were petrified.Jo Koophuis said to me, "Miep, I think the time has come."Elli began to tremble and shake. Meanwhile, Mr. Koophuis' eyes darted toward the doorway. No one but the man with the gun seemed to be about. How does Miep build suspense in this passage?
Read this excerpt from Anne Frank Remembered.A small voice inside me asked, "What else?" I knew the Austrian was like stone. I had truly come to the end of my rope. With measured steps, I walked toward the door to the building. Gestapo were everywhere in the corridors, like flies in fancy uniforms. Again the thought rang in my brain, People who enter this building do not always come out again. I put one foot in front of the other, waiting for someone to stop me. Why does Miep choose to leave the building?
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