The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank1947
Anne Frank put a human face on the Holocaust — a teenage girl hiding in an attic, writing about fear, boredom, and the ordinary desire to be understood.
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Influence
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Popularity
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“In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
Why It Matters
Anne Frank put a human face on the Holocaust — a teenage girl hiding in an attic, writing about fear, boredom, and the ordinary desire to be understood. The diary has been translated into 70 languages and read by tens of millions of people. It is the most important document about what fascism does to individual lives.
Notable Quotes
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”