U2 The Diary of Anne Frank: A Play - Theme

Teenagers don’t have an accurate view of history.

Political changes in a country can also change the personal lives of its citizens in a very short period of time.

There’s no use dwelling on the past.

Political change doesn’t affect the lives of everyday people.

“ I couldn’t go to the movies, or ride in an automobile or even on a streetcar, and a million other things.”

“Our hiding place was to be upstairs in the building where Father used to have his business.”

“Then the war came, and the Dutch capitulation, followed by the arrival of the Germans.”

“My name is Anne Frank. I am thirteen years old. I was born in Germany the twelfth of June, nineteen twenty-nine.”