All of the residents of the attic live with the constant fear of discovery, and death looms over the Secret Annex. However, although Anne and Peter are more grown-up in many ways than adolescents who lead a more normal childhood, they also are far more under the watchful eyes of their parents, almost as if they are small children. The growing restlessness of Anne and Peter, combined with the closeness of the environment exacerbates the normal tensions that always exist between the parents and children. The divisions between the married couples, the Franks and the Van Daans, are also amplified because of the tensions...

They were forced to hide to escape deportation to concentration camps, and could only pray that the war would end and Hitler would lose. Tragically, although the Allies emerged as the victors of World War II, Anne was never able to live to enjoy freedom.