Anne Frank

Anne Frank

NON-FICTION AUTHOR

Jewish Holocaust victim whose diary describes her family's evasion of the Nazis during the World War II-era German Occupation of the Netherlands. Her Diary of a Young Girl (The Diary of Anne Frank) gives a full account of her life in hiding from June 1942 through early August 1944.

  • When was
    Anne Frank born?

    Anne Frank was born on Wednesday, June 12, 1929

  • Where was
    Anne Frank born?

    Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany

  • How old is
    Anne Frank?

    Anne Frank is 95

Best Quotes

  • ... in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting ...
  • What, oh, what is the use of the war? Why can
  • I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and the capitalists alone are guilty of the war. Oh, no, the little man is just as keen, otherwise the people of the world would have risen in revolt long ago! There is an urge and rage in people to destroy, to kill, to murder, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great change, wars will be waged, everything that has been built up, cultivated and grown, will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over again.
  • Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!
  • I don't believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations would have rebelled long ago! There's a destructive urge in people, the urge to rage, murder, and kill. And until all of humanity, without exception, undergoes a metamorphosis, wars will continue to be waged, and everything that has been carefully built up, cultivated and grown will be cut down and destroyed, only to start all over again!
  • People will always follow a good example; be the one to set a good example, then it won't be long before the others follow. How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world! How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make their contribution toward introducing justice straightaway. And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness!
  • And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren't any other people living in the world.
  • Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?
  • We all live with the objective of being happy, our lives are all different and yet the same.
  • Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

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