Who Was Anne Frank? | Man on the Street

so do you know who anne frank is no i know who am frank is no no have you heard of the holocaust before no no oh man anne frank is one of the most important historical figures of all time but most people don't put her story into context what's up guys this is will with prageru today we are on hollywood boulevard asking people if they know who anne frank was and whether or not they think what happened to her could happen again let's do it do you know who anne frank was who and frank i know a little bit about like she was jewish right and she was like mistreated who was anne frank i believe uh she's an actor actress right no in school you know the holocaust killed a six million jews in world war ii yeah yeah yeah i know that yeah yeah what happened to anne frank um can't remember i know i've been to the house in amsterdam but it was a long time ago so i don't really remember too much what happened well do you know who anne frank is anne frank yes who is anne frank uh the girl that uh had the diary she wrote she was uh uh had her and her family had to hide out in the uh attic of her house you know i mean uh during the uh what was that world war ii yeah world war two yeah correct from the germans yeah you know what country she was in uh austria wouldn't it urgently close holland holland the netherlands yeah it's been a while since then you know i mean no it's okay fifth grade type of learning exactly exactly she was jewish she was killed in the concentration going camp good good we're asking do you know who anne frank was hell yeah did she hide in the attic from uh the nazis right yeah yeah you know that's a historical figure i said historical figure yeah yeah you know frank is daughter of anne frank do you think that anything like what happened with anne frank could happen in america today i mean isn't it going on like ukraine like that do you think that anything like that could happen today like what happened to anne frank i would like to say no but i'm scared i mean it could happen because i hope so but for example also with the ukraine situation you never know humans sometimes are crazy hitler won time person of the year in 1933 that was the year of the year do you think that something like what happened to anne frank could happen today i actually i fear that all the time we see how immigrants and refugees are treated in this country and everything that happened in like the continent you know the detention centers being like concentration camps i mean it's very much real and feels like right now it's like it's already happening it's not will it happen it is happening here in america yeah right we're just we have that like lens that kind of blocks our view from seeing everything because our privilege kind of keeps us safe but it's not that way for a lot of people so if you go to china i mean there are millions of those uyghur muslims being tortured and persecuted there yes like a genocide like hitler in china about that actually so that yeah i didn't know that in my genocide unit we literally like we couldn't get through all of it in the school year like the full school year we couldn't get through everything because there's constantly something else happening if you go to the middle east there are women christian women have acid thrown in their face for just having a difference of faith in many of those people it's horrible the mass majority of people aren't cool with you know i'm saying racism and you know genocide and all that bull so i don't really see it going down these days work retaliate [Music] yeah of course i'm gonna defend my country you know like i mean if popped off you know i'm gonna be in the front lines you know my man do you know who anne frank was i do yeah who is she yeah she had the diary and she was in an addict for a while yeah what happened to her the nazis got her and they took her to the to the concentration camp killed her yep do you think that anything like what happened to anne frank could happen in america today or in the west today um i think you know if a leader got in power that was as you know strong and as racist as hitler was potentially i think the the american people can be fooled quite easily and to think in one mindset they're like sheep so potentially yes potential kind of sheep no not everyone but i think certain people yeah i'd have to agree with you there are a lot of them yeah thank you guys so much for watching this video if you enjoyed it make sure you share with your friends comment your thoughts down below follow me and prageru on social media we're gonna see in the next one peace what's up guys thank you so much for watching this video prageru is a 501c3 organization help us keep our videos free by making a tax deductible donation today i'd really appreciate your support