In the essay "The Ignored Lesson of Anne Frank", the author Bruno Bettelheim, distributes a different point of view on the Frank family. Bruno Bettelheim came to the United States in 1939 after spending a year in the Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps. He then spent the rest of his career working at the University of Chicago. Although Bruno Bettelheim states in his essay that his intention is not to bring down the Frank family, the majority of his essay shows him criticizing the Franks. Bettelheim says the Frank family did not plan and prepare adequately. Bettelheim explains: "By praising the way they lived in their hideout, while neglecting to first examine whether it was a reasonable or effective choice, we are able to ignore the crucial lesson of their story: that such an attitude can be fatal in extreme circumstances," ( 79). This example expresses that Bettelheim believes that the Frank family did not think about their situation in advance and that their actions created their own destiny. Bettelheim states, "The Frankish hideout had only one entrance; it had no other exit. Despite this, during their many months of hiding, they made no attempt to devise one. Nor did they make any other escape plans," (80). Bettelheim obviously believes that the Frank family did not choose their hiding place well. He feels they were making no effort to survive because they had no escape. Once again, Bettelheim repeatedly criticizes the Frank family for not planning and preparing better. Bettelheim argues that Mr. Frank did not do everything he could to protect his family. Bettelheim suggests: "There is no doubt that the Franks, who were able to obtain so much by organizing themselves clandestinely, and even while in hiding, could have provided themselves with some weapons if they had wanted"..