Anne Frank (12 June 1929 – early March 1945), a Jewish teenager who had to go into hiding to evade the Nazis during WW II. Subsequently arrested, she died in a concentration camp aged 15, one of more than 1 million Jewish children who died in the Holocaust. She is best known for her diary (published posthumously), which continues to touch people today.
Her goal was to become a writer when the war ended. But she didn’t wait to start developing her craft. She was given a diary on her thirteenth birthday and began to write in it. She credits the writing in her diary with helping retain her sanity while not able to go outside her confined quarters for two years. Anne saw firsthand what oppression and hatred could do to a person’s hopes and dreams. She also understood that one person could make a difference. So Anne did what she could. And though she didn’t live to see her eventual contribution, she really DID start to improve the world in her own quiet way. Her book has been read by countless millions. It’s been translated into 70 languages and published in more than 60 countries. Its impact is beyond measure.
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