The play, The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, is based on the famous diary of Anne Frank, which was written by her when in hiding during the Holocaust. The Holocaust took place in the late 1930's and early 1940's when Adolph Hitler became the dictator of Germany. He wanted to create a master race, which concluded that all Jews must be terminated from the world. Anne Frank was Jewish along …showed first 75 words of 596 total…

…showed last 75 words of 596 total…Van Daan was very used to getting his way. In conclusion, Mr. Van Daan was almost more of a pain to the occupants of the Annex than help. He always told the others what he thought whether it was nice or not. Everything anyone could say would only give Mr. Van Daan the feeling that he had to reply with a negative comment. Mr. Van Daan was a very insecure person through the whole play.