Anne Frank and the Heartbreak of WWII

I'm not a huge history buff (though I'll be taking US history over the next 6 months in college). My knowledge on WWII is that we fought Nazi Germany, a lot of disgusting killing occurred, massive oppression of the Jewish faith occurred (an understatement, I know), and God save us from this ever happening again.

In line with my last point, I was brought today to the interesting detailed timeline found on Amsterdam Museum page for Anne Frank and WWII. As I flipped through the timeline, I was brought back the memories of things I learned as a child, and it gave me a little chill over how little I really can recall about learning about this time period. How easily I, and probably my entire generation and those who follow me, forget such a thing occurred. Ok, we know it's there in the back of our mind, but I don't believe my generation has a real grasp on the situation. Unless we had a relative who lived in Europe and told stories of that time, how could we? It's not in our face anymore, and too many other things are. Forbid we forget history and doom ourselves to repeating such a horrible event.

I was brought to this because the amazing site swagbucks, where I earn extra money (and recommend you do too!), is reading the Diary of Anne Frank for their March bookclub. I normally don't read their bookclub books- I have enough recommendations on my own. However, I recall liking this book as a child. After flipping through the timeline above, I think it might do me good to review the history (and horror) of what Anne Frank went through.

Though I am happy to say I am slightly more educated than others, thanks to the interesting novel Sarah's Key. (Also made into a movie) I read for my work's book club. The book focuses on 1 child's experience dealing with Nazi's in France, and how there was a hugh attempted cover-up of Jewish faith individuals that were locked away and shipped to various work camps. I walked away from the book thinking things in it  bothered me, but it's been several months since I read it and I now feel better for having done so. It's important to know these things (though the story itself I believe is fictional, the information it portrays has facts), it's important for us to remember.