Question

What were the “anti-Jewish decrees”? Make Inferences How do those decrees affect Anne’s outlook on life? Explain, citing details to support your inference .

Answer 1

Answer:

There were many anti-Jewish decrees made by the Germans such as Jewish were required to wear yellow star, were prohibited to use street cars, were forbidden to be out of their residence between 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM, etc.

Even after so many decrees made by Germans, for Anne life went on.

Explanation:

'The Diary of A Young Girl' is a memoir of Anne Frank, a girl who went into hiding with her family, The Franks, during the Holocaust.

In her diary, Anne wrote about how Germans made out anti-Jewish decrees, a list of anti-Jewish decrees. They were:

• Jews were required to wear a yellow star;
• Jews were required to turn in  their bicycles;
• Jews were forbidden to use street-cars;
• Jews were forbidden to ride in  cars, even their own;
• Jews were required to do their shopping between 3 and 5 P.M.;
• Jews were required to frequent only Jewish-owned barbershops and beauty parlors;
• Jews were forbidden to be out on the streets between 8 P.M. and 6 A.M.;
• Jews were  forbidden to attend theaters, movies or any other forms of entertainment;
• Jews were  forbidden to use swimming pools, tennis courts, hockey fields or any other athletic  fields;
• Jews were forbidden to go rowing;
• Jews were forbidden to take part in any  athletic activity in public;
• Jews were forbidden to sit in their gardens or those of their  friends after 8 P.M.;
• Jews were forbidden to visit Christians in their homes;
• Jews  were required to attend Jewish schools, etc. (Textual evidence)

For Anne and her family, after all these anti-Jewish decrees were brought, life went on. Though they had to be careful to follow these decrees, they were anxious of what may happen next, but their lives continued.

'You couldn't do this and you couldn't do  that, but life went on.'