During World War II, the Franks and the Van Daans were hiding in a small area of two to three rooms, with a single window, in the attic of an office building in Amsterdam. In her diary, Anne refers to it as the "secret annex." For two years, these close quarters serve as a shelter and protection for the families against the Nazi enemy. While in hiding, problems and the characters' true natures evolved, revealing …
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…affected life in the Secret Annex. Mr. Frank, the kind, generous, and a warmhearted polite person, could keep the family together. Unlike Mr. Van Daan, the mean, selfish, and cold-hearted man, made some situations worse. Even so, despite their few similarities, the two families could survive for about two years in the secret annex. It wasn't until August 4, 1944, when they were discovered and taken to concentration camps, where Mr. Frank was the only to survive.