Sixty years after its first publication,

remains one of the most widely-read books in the world. As the chronicle of a young Jewish woman’s two years in hiding from the Nazis, the diary has introduced billions of readers to the Holocaust. To date, it has appeared in sixty-five different languages and constitutes required reading in secondary schools around the world. Subsequent stage and film versions have further popularized Anne Frank’s work, and every year nearly a million people visit the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam to tour the “Secret Annex” where Anne and seven other people spent two years in hiding from their Nazi occupiers. Consequently, Anne Frank has become the most recognizable Holocaust victim and seems poised to hold this position for the…

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Citation: Foray, Jennifer. "The Diary of Anne Frank". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 06 December 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=29528, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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