| A | B |
| Anne Frank | received a diary for her 13th birthday |
| Meip | a Dutch woman who helped the Franks |
| Margot | Anne's sister |
| Peter | Van Daan's son |
| Mr. Van Daan | Knew Otto Frank through the buisness world and went onto hiding with the Franks |
| Mrs. Van Daan | Upperclass woman, has a hard time adjusting to her new life and giving up her old life and belongings |
| Mr. Kraler | Man who helped the Franks |
| Mr. Dussel | A dentist and the last to join the two families in hiding |
| The Annex | The secret hiding space for the Franks and Van Daans |
| Bergen-Belsen | The concentration camp where Anne and Margot die |
| Yellow Star | The star of David that all Jews were required to wear marking their clothes |
| Mouschi | Peter's cat |
| Hanukkah | Eight day Jewish holiday celebrating the rededication of the holy Temple in Jerusalem |
| NAtional Socialist German Workers' party | Nazis, proclaim superiority and claim to be the master race |
| Adolf Hitler | Nazi party leader |
| Ration books | stamps or coupons distributed by the government in war time used to purchase food, clothes or gasoline |
| Deported | forcibly sent away to concentration camps |
| Goodrich and Hackett | Wrote the play The Diary of Anne Frank |
| SS Guards | Nazi special police, ran the concentration camps |
| Auschwitz | The most infamous concentration camp where Mr. Frank was sent when captured by the Nazi police |