The Search for Meaning

EQ: How can we demonstrate the relationship between Georgia, WWII, and The Diary of Anne Frank?

The Diary of Anne Frank

Some of the Tragedies

• The families that hid in the Secret Annex were so close from being liberated.
• Anne Frank's Diary showed and explained the everyday horrors of everyday life in hiding.
• The only one to survive out of the people in the Secret Annex was Otto Frank, Anne's father.

On July 5th of 1942, the Frank and Van Daan families went into hiding in a secret appartment called the Secret Annex. The person that hid them was Miep Gies and she later put a Jewish man named Dussel . On August 4th of 1944, a few days after the Battle of Normandy, the families in the Secret Annex were captured by the Green Police. Otto Frank, Anne Frank's father, ended up being the sole survivor of the people who lived in the Secret Annex by the end of the Holocaust.

Infamous Camps in the Holocaust

Auschwitz:
The most infamous camps of all, Auschwitz has killed many people. The number of people is unknown due to no documentation on it but according to the German government, the death count is 2 million people. This may be untrue as results vary from 1.4 million to 4.1 million deaths, this proves that there may have been more than 6 million deaths in total in the Holocaust. People would be brought to first be gased, then the survivors of the gas chambers will either be burned, executed, forced into labor, starve to death, or they would commit suicide.

Bergen-Belsen:
Bergen-Belsen is one of the many infamous camps out there. Bergen-Belsen however was the most infamous holding center that held about 100,000 prisoners in total and sent them off to other camps such as Auschwitz. Bergen Belsen is located in Lower Saxony, Northern Germany. The numbers recorded were based off of official German documents so the number can either be more or less than what it actually is.

Janowska:
Located in Lwów, Poland, Janowska is one of the few camps that ended up not being liberated and was liquidated (meaning carried out it's job and ended up killing all the prisoners). Janowska being the most infamous liquidated camp there is, it ended up killing about 200,000 prisoners in total according to official German documents.

Georgia and the War Effort

Georgia and the War Effort:
Georgia provided many things for the United States when they joined WWII on December 7th, 1941. Major port cities such as Savannah and Brunswick made Liberty Ships to go to the soldiers. Liberty Ships were basically large cargo ships that carried supplies to the Allies. Georgia locals also made Victory Gardens which provided food for the war effort.
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Georgia and the War Effort (cont.):
Georgia also made B-29 Bombers in Marietta, which was owned by Bell Aircraft Corporation. The company produced a total of 633 B-29 Bombers during World War II. These B-29 Bombers were also called superfortresses due to their massasive size and huge weapons arsenal. This was one of the other main industries that helped many Georgians get jobs and the money that they needed for their families.
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Georgia and the War Effort (cont.):
Georgia sent about 350,000 Georgians overseas to fight in World War II. Much of the electricity, provided by the Rural Electrification Act, was used in supporting our soldiers. The families of the soldiers, eager to help the soldiers overseas, made Victory Gardens. Victory Gardens were personal gardens that families owned where all the food made by the garden would go overseas to the soldiers overseas.

Fort McPherson: Located in Atlanta, Georgia, Fort McPherson imprisoned prisoners of war (POW) especially German U-Boat teams. Fort McPherson imprisoned about 11,500 German prisoners.

Camp Benning: Located in Columbus, Georgia, it was the largest infantry academy in the whole world at the time and trained many troops.


University of Georgia & Warner Robbins Field: UGA, located in Athens, Georgia, trained about 2,000 combat pilots and Warner Robbins Field, located 10 miles south of Macon, employed about 13,000 people. Warner Robbins also trained about 60,000 mechanics.

Camp Gordon: It was a major military installation in Augusta, GA. It currently trains the most soldiers of any military in the US Army. It was established after the Bombing of Pearl Harbor. It also housed German and Italian prisoners of war.

The Trial of Leo Frank:
Frank was a Jewish pencil factory manager who was tried for murdering a 13 year old worker, Mary Phagan, in Atlanta. He was sentenced to death just because he was Jewish, so the controversy surrounding it speculated widely. He was reconsidered by the governor, and was given life in prison in Milledgeville. However, he was not safe anymore. While jailed , men who called themselves “The Knights of Mary Phagan” that lived in her hometown of Marietta took him out of his jail cell to the rest of their men. They took him to Stone Mountain, and lynched him on an oak tree in the morning. This is Jewish persecution: the Holocaust in GA.

Picture Bibliography

• "Presentation Software That Inspires." Photography. Haiku Deck, n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2015.
• McLachlan, Sean. "Suspects Held In Holocaust Memorial Desecration - Gadling." Gadling. N.p., 26 June 2012. Web. 05 Mar. 2015.

Picture Bibliography (pg. 2)

• "Steam Workshop :: WW2 Era Weapons." Steam Workshop :: WW2 Era Weapons. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2015.
• "XX Bomber Command." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 13 Dec. 2014. Web. 10 Mar. 2015.

Picture Bibliography (pg. 3)

• "Liberty Ships Built by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II." Liberty Ships Built by the United States Maritime Commission in World War II. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Mar. 2015.
• "Bell Aircraft." Georgia and World War II. N.p., 19 Apr. 2011. Web. 10 Mar. 2015.

Picture Bibliography (pg. 4)

• Pou, Charles. "Choose Another Topic." History. Georgia Info, 2015. Web. 10 Mar. 2015.
• "Anne Frank House." - Jeff Werner. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2015.

References Bibliography

• "Leo Frank Case." New Georgia Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2015.
• "Robins Air Force Base." New Georgia Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Mar. 2015.
• "Bell Bomber." New Georgia Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Mar. 2015.
• "Fort Gordon." New Georgia Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Mar. 2015.
• "Jewish Community of Atlanta." New Georgia Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Mar. 2015.