In Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, compare the place where the Franks used to live with the annex that they hide in.

Anne doesn't provide many details describing the house that she and her family lived in before hiding in the annex. From indirect descriptions, though, it can be inferred that she and her family lived in a house that had at least three levels. In the diary entry dated Tuesday, 30 June, 1942, Harry comes to visit and she says that after seeing him approach the house from her window, she "didn't dash down at once,"...

Anne doesn't provide many details describing the house that she and her family lived in before hiding in the annex. From indirect descriptions, though, it can be inferred that she and her family lived in a house that had at least three levels. In the diary entry dated Tuesday, 30 June, 1942, Harry comes to visit and she says that after seeing him approach the house from her window, she "didn't dash down at once," but she patiently goes down after he rings the bell. At this point we know there are at least two levels. When the Franks go into hiding, Anne mentions that they rent out the top level of their home to a Mr. Goudsmit, which verifies that the Franks owned their home and were able to let out the top of at least three levels.

In the diary entries dated 9, 10, 11 July 1942, Anne provides in-depth descriptions of the annex which is attached to a warehouse where her father worked before going into hiding. Not only does she describe every room in detail, but there is a graphic depicting the layout of the annex from the first to the third floor. The blueprint-type sketches of the three levels seem large, but in reality the stairs, hallways, and rooms are tiny. Because it is attached to a business building, there are small storerooms on the first and second floors; there are only three tiny rooms that are used for bedrooms; and Peter must sleep on a landing area under stairs that lead to the attic.   

The Franks go from owning their own home, large enough where the girls could have had their own bedrooms, to living with another family in a space with two rooms and a bathroom. There are rats in the attic where they store their food, too, so cleanliness and pest control are issues. They also must be silent during the day while workers are on the premises and the Westertoren clock across the street chimes every 15 minutes to Mrs. Frank's dismay. Although the Franks had to forsake a lot in order to go into hiding, they truly had more than a lot of other Jews had at the time.