Holocaust Memorial Museum, told Live Science. Anne's diary continues to resonate with readers as strongly as ever, in part because her intriguing personal story also offers insight into a very dark period in human history, Edna Friedberg, a historian with the Levine Institute for Holocaust Education at the U.S. One remarkable aspect of the book is its consistent impact over time. With more than 25 million copies sold, it is one of the most read books in the world, according to the Anne Frank House.
Indeed, based on her book's popularity - which continued to build over the coming years - Anne was certainly "widely loved." By 1969, her diary had been published in 34 languages and it is currently available in 70 languages. "Surely she will be widely loved, for this wise and wonderful young girl brings back a poignant delight in the infinite human spirit," the Times wrote. (Image credit: Copyright Anne Frank House/Photographer Cris Toala Olivares)Įven those earliest readers of Anne Frank's diary could recognize the unique power of her voice, and likely suspected she would not soon be forgotten, according to the Times review. Īnne Frank's diary is on display at the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam. Anne not only documented day-to-day life for eight people sharing a cramped hiding place and fearing discovery at any moment she also captured their moments of tenderness and humor, and their hopefulness even in the face of a terrible reality.
These diary entries reflected the tension and danger she and her family faced from both the Nazis and Dutch sympathizers, but they also shared her youthful idealism and thoughtfulness, according to diary excerpts. Their refuge was a secret attic apartment, concealed behind her family's business office in Amsterdam.ĭuring that time, Anne recorded her innermost thoughts and painfully honest observations from the "achterhuis" - the "Secret Annex," as she called her hidden home.
Teenage Anne Frank, who was only 16 when she was killed in the Nazi death camp Bergen-Belsen, wrote in this diary throughout the two years she spent in hiding with her family and four other Dutch Jews, between 19.
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