Fill in the table below. What happened to the residents of the secret annex after they were caught by the Gestapo?
You can use the following website http://www.annefrank.org/en/Anne-Frank/All-people/
Anne
Edith Frank
Otto Frank
Hermann van Pels
(Mr. Van Daan)
Auguste van Pels
(Mrs. Van Daan)
Peter van Pels
Fritz Pfeffer
(Dussel)
081-eng-hw-wk20(webquest)
Scan the following articles to answers the questions below.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/11/miep-gies-dead-annefrank_n_419357.html
Scanning is a reading technique where the
reader looks for specific information rather than
trying to read all the information
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1242725/Miep-Gies-Painfully-shy-awesomely-brave-unknown-heroine-Anne-Franksdiary.html
1. What did Miep do immediatly after the Franks were arrested? Why was this dangerous?
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2. What happened to two of the helpers, Victor Kugler and Johannes Kleiman after the arrest?
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3. Did Miep get the same punishment? In your opinion why was this the case?
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081-eng-hw-wk20(webquest)
What do we know about who betrayed the Franks and informed the Gestapo about them? Read the following
article to answer the questions. There are many theories so you can do your own research as well.
http://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/discovery-and-arrest/the-betrayal-has-never-been-solved/
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2002/jul/29/artsandhumanities.highereducation
4. List three different suspects who could have betrayed the Franks.
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5. Which theory do you believe? Why?
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6. When Otto Frank returned to Amsterdam after the war, he didn’t want to know who betrayed the family. Why do you
think he didn’t want to find out?
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7. If you were in his situation, would you want to find out who? Explain your reasons for your answer.
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081-eng-hw-wk20(webquest)