Life in an Annex
In 1942 the German people invaded Amsterdam and set new rules for the Jewish people. They had to hide from the German people because they were hunting them down and if you were caught hiding you would be persecuted or they would send you to a concentration camp.
The annex was quiet except for the chirping birds outside the food bowls was cold, the walls were faded, the food ran out quickly, the stairs were steep and narrow and the days got quieter and quieter. The apartment is very small and cramped. A map that is aligned with the wall there is a book shelf as the door to the annex. The attic is very cold and dusty. You can hear sirens blaring in every corner explosions from left to right.
- We are reading the book ‘Diary of Anne Frank’. Mrs Anderson created a Gemini Gem to prompt us to think more deeply about what life would have been like in the annex, what we felt and why we felt that way.
- I enjoyed using the Gem because it helped me by using words that people can understand.








