The Diary of a Young Girl - Charactersketch of all Characters

Albert Dussel Albert Dussel is a fty-our-year-old Jewish dentist. The Franks and the van Daan aans in invi vite te hi him m to joi join the them in the the annex nex in November !"#$. %e shares a room with Anne and she &ui'kly (rows tired o what she sees as his hi(h-handed manner. Anne)s &uarrels with Dussel are one o the main eatures o the diary. %er satiri'al *ortrait o him is re'orded in her diary entry or Au(ust " !"#+, ants that 'ome u* to his 'hest a red ja'ket bla'k bla'k *aten *atent-l t-leat eather her sli sli**e **ers rs and and horn-r horn-rim immed med (lasse (lasses-t s-that hat)s )s how how he looks oks when hen he)s he)s at work at the the litt littlle tabl ble e always ays stud st udyi yin( n( and and neve neverr *ro( *ro(rressi essin( n(. . /n An Anne ne)s )s eyes eyes Duss Dussel el is *om*ous *etty and unreasonable. unreasonable. Anne (ave *seudonyms to the other residents o the atti'. /n real lie Dussel was Frit0 e1er. %e died on De'ember $2 !"## in the Neuen(amme 'on'entration 'on'entration 'am*.

Anne Frank  Anne Frank is the author o the diary. 3he was born in !"$" in Frankurt. 4hen she was our years old the amily moved to Amst Amster erda dam m wher where e An Anne ne atte attend nded ed a 5ont 5ontes esor orri ri s' s'ho hool ol and and later ater Jewish 'hildren were ex*elled rom their s'hools a  Jewish ly'eum. Anne was an attra'tive *o*ular out(oin( (irl the 'enter o attention at *arties. Anne)s lie 'han(ed dramati'ally when the amily went into hidin(. 3he was 'ut o1  rom rom all all her her orm ormer er *ursu *ursuit its s and and had had to a'e a'e her her adol adoles es'e 'ent nt years 'onfned to an annex with seven other *eo*le unable to (o outside even or a moment. Anne was (iven a diary or her thirteenth birthday and de'ided to re'ord in it all her innermost thou(hts and eelin(s whi'h she elt she 'ould not 'onfde to anyone. Ater ter the the resid esiden ents ts o the the anne annex x wer were arr arreste ested d on Au Au(u (ust st # !"## !" ## An Anne ne was was sent sent with with her her ami amily ly to 4este esterb rbrrok ok a labo laborr 'am* in %olland. 6n 3e*tember + !"## she alon( with the othe others rs was was tran trans*o s*ort rted ed to Au Aus' s'hw hwit it0 0 'on' 'on'en entr trat atio ion n 'am* 'am* in oland. At the end o 6'tober Anne and 5ar(ot were sent to 7er(en7er(en-7el 7elsen sen a 'on'entra 'on'entration tion 'am* in 8ermany 8ermany.. 9onditio 9onditions ns were unsanitary and disease was rie. The *risoners were (iven almost no ood or de'ent 'lothin(. There was an e*idemi' o  ty*hus and Anne and 5ar(ot both ell ill. They died within days o ea'h other in February or 5ar'h !"#:. Anne)s body was

dum*ed in a mass (rave.

Edith Frank  ;dith Frank is Anne Frank)s mother a well edu'ated woman rom a well-to-do amily who married 6tto Frank in !"$:. Anne and her mother were never 'lose and durin( the two and a hal  years in whi'h she ke*t her diary Anne maintains a very 'riti'al attitude towards her on many o''asions reje'tin( her alto(ether. Anne eels that her mother avors 5ar(ot and she resents her mother)s 'riti'isms. 3he thinks her mother does not understand her and treats her as a 'hild. /n early !"## however Anne rethinks her attitude reali0in( that she may have been too harsh on her mother. 3he reali0es that her own attitude *ut her mother in a di<'ult *osition and to(ether with the stress o  bein( in hidin( this hel*ed to make her nervous and irritable. 7ut in s*ite o her e1ort to understand Anne still 'annot (ive her mother the kind o love that a dau(hter would normally eel. ;dith Frank died o hun(er and exhaustion in Aus'hwit0 'on'entration 'am* on January = !"#:.

Margot Frank  5ar(ot Frank is Anne)s sister. 3he is three years older than Anne. 5ar(ot is beautiul and (ited and always ex'elled in s'hool. Anne and 5ar(ot are not 'lose and Anne eels that her *arents avor 5ar(ot over her. /t may be that Anne is jealous o her sister althou(h she never o*enly admits this. 3he writes in one entry that 5ar(ot (ets on her nerves 'onstantly. 7ut later in their stay in the annex they rea'h an understandin( and be'ome more riendly even writin( letters to ea'h other in whi'h they reveal their eelin(s. 5ar(ot Frank died o ty*hus at the 8erman 'on'entration 'am* o 7er(en-7elsen sometime in 5ar'h !"#:.

Otto Frank  6tto Frank is the husband o ;dith Frank and the ather o  5ar(ot and Anne. 6tto was born in 8ermany and served in the 8erman Army in 4orld 4ar / attainin( the rank o >ieutenant o  the ?eserves. 4hen anti-3emitism arose in 8ermany he moved

his amily to Amsterdam in !"++. 6tto was a businessman and in Amsterdam he set u* an inde*endent 'om*any 'alled 6*ekta whi'h made *e'tin an in(redient used in jam. The 'om*any was su''essul and in !"+@ ex*anded to in'lude the *rodu'tion o  s*i'es. /n Anne)s diary 6tto emer(es as a tolerant (oodtem*ered man and lovin( ather. %e is also very modest and does not talk mu'h about himsel. Anne 'alls him im and is devoted to him. 6tto tries in vain however to mediate in the &uarrels between Anne and her mother and Anne sometimes 'om*lains that even he treats her like a 'hild. 6tto Frank was the only member o the ei(ht residents o the annex to survive the war. %e was liberated rom Aus'hwit0 'on'entration 'am* by ?ussian troo*s. Ater the war 5ie* 8ies (ave him Anne)s diary he edited it and it was *ublished in !"#B.

 Jan Gies  Jan 8ies is 5ie*)s husband. %e hel*s the Franks (o into hidin(.

Miep Gies 5ie* 8ies was born in Austria in !"2". /n !"++ she be(an workin( as an o<'e assistant or 6tto Frank. 4hen he asked her in !"#$ i she would take 'are o them i they went into hidin( she unhesitatin(ly re*lied that she would. For over two years she brou(ht the residents o the annex ood and whatever else they needed as well as news rom the outside world. 3he knew that she was takin( a (reat *ersonal risk in doin( so. Ater the Franks were arrested 5ie* res'ued Anne)s diary and returned it to 6tto Frank ater the war. 5ie* has re'eived many international honors or her 'oura(e in shelterin( the Franks. 3he is still alive and lives in %olland. 3he says that every year on Au(ust # the day o the arrest she (rieves or the riends she lost.

Hanneli %anneli is Anne)s 'hildhood riend. Anne does not know what has ha**ened to her and dreams o her. 3he *rays that %anneli may be sae. The two (irls were to meet a(ain at the 'on'entration 'am* o 7er(en-7elsen in !"##. %anneli 8oslar was si'k with

tuber'ulosis but she survived the 'am* and emi(rated to  Jerusalem in !"#B.

Mr. Kleiman  Johannes Cleiman is a riend and business asso'iate o 6tto Frank. %e works in the buildin( where the Franks and van Daans are in hidin( and *rovides them with all the hel* they need. Anne des'ribes him as unailin(ly 'heerul and extremely brave sin'e he is seriously ill with a stoma'h *roblem. Cleiman was arrested alon( with the others in !"## and sent to a work 'am*. 7ut he was later released be'ause o his ill health.

Mr. Kugler i'tor Cu(ler is a business asso'iate o 6tto Frank. %e is one o  the *eo*le who hel*s the Franks and van Daans when they are in hidin(. %e makes a *oint o brin(in( Anne one o her avorite ma(a0ines 9inema E Theater every 5onday whi'h (reatly *leases her. Cu(ler was arrested with the others in Au(ust !"##. /n 5ar'h !"#: he was amon( six hundred *risoners bein( de*orted to 8ermany when 7ritish troo*s atta'ked and he mana(ed to es'a*e. /n !"B+ he was awarded the 5edal o the ?i(hteous in Jerusalem or his e1orts in shelterin( the Franks and the van Daans. Peter Shi!  eter 3'hi1 is a 'hildhood sweetheart o Anne Frank.

Hello Silberberg %ello 3ilberber( is a boy with whom Anne orms a romanti' riendshi* a short while beore she (oes into hidin(.

Mr. "an Daan 5r. van Daan whose real name was %ermann van els is a businessman and riend o 6tto Frank. >ike the Franks he is a  Jewish 8erman reu(ee. The Franks invite him and his wie to (o into hidin( with them. 5r. van Daan and his wie re&uently &uarrel and make no attem*t to dis(uise their eelin(s but then they make u* a1e'tionately. The Franks who are more reserved

are un'omortable with this kind o behavior and in'reasin(ly distan'e themselves rom the van Daans. Ater the arrest in !"## %ermann van els died in the (as 'hambers at Aus'hwit0 in 6'tober or November !"##.

Mrs. "an Daan 5rs. van Daan whose real name was Au(uste van els is *resented in Anne)s diary as an emotional &ui'k-tem*ered woman. Anne takes a thorou(h dislike to her. 5rs. van Daan is always sayin( the most ridi'ulous thin(s 5ay $ !"#+G is one o her milder 'omments and she also uses words like *ushy vain e(otisti'al and 'unnin( to des'ribe her. The hostile eelin(s a**ear to have been mutual. Ater the arrest Au(uste van els was sent to Aus'hwit0 'on'entration 'am* and then moved to several other 'am*s in'ludin( 7er(en-7elsen 7u'henwald and  Theresienstadt. 3he did not survive but the exa't date o her death is unknown. Peter "an Daan eter van Daan is the son o 5r. and 5rs. van Daan. Fiteen years old when he frst moves to the annex he is a &uiet shy rather awkward and nervous boy. Anne thinks little o him at frst but later she beriends him and they have &uite an intense emotional and romanti' relationshi*. Hltimately Anne is disa**ointed in eter be'ause they do not 'ommuni'ate as dee*ly as she would like. eter van Daan whose real name was eter van els died on 5ay : !"#: in 5authausen in Austria where he had been or'ed to mar'h rom the 'on'entration 'am* at Aus'hwit0. The mar'h be'ame known as the death mar'h be'ause so many o the *risoners or'ed to take *art in it died.

Mr. "an Maaren 5r. van 5aaren is hired as warehouse oreman in !"#+. The residents o the annex eel uneasy about him be'ause he is always snoo*in( about and they ear he sus*e'ts that some  Jews are in hidin( in the buildin(. /t is *ossible that van 5aaren was the *erson who betrayed the Franks but in an o<'ial in&uiry ater the war nothin( was *roven a(ainst him.

#ep $oskiu%l 7e* oskiujl is a twenty-three year-old ty*ist who works in the o<'e o 6tto Frank)s 'om*any in the same buildin( as the hideaways. 3he visits them durin( the day and also with 5ie* brin(s su**lies in'ludin( brin(in( them milk without any o the warehouse workers noti'in(. 3he hel*s in other ways too sendin( in 5ar(ot)s shorthand lessons in under her own name. Anne a**re'iates all the hel* she (ives. 4hen 7e* 'o*ies a *i'ture *ost'ard o the Dut'h royal amily and (ives it to Anne Anne 'omments /t was in'redibly ni'e o 7e* don)t you thinkI