The Power of Anne's Language

During the time of the Holocaust, not many outsiders knew much, if anything at all about the extreme prejudices and torturous treatments of the Jewish, gypsies, beggars, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, opponents of Nazism, and other various minorities from the Germans. Anne Frank had a gift of writing, which in turn, helped educate the public by giving an inside view of what it was like being a Jew during the time of the war. She was surprisingly intelligent for a young girl, and you can see this throughout quotes of her writing. The fact that Anne’s diary consisted of the worries and struggles that the Jewish faced, as well as problems teenagers typically face as well, makes her diary not only a historical document, but also an emotional and heartbreaking true story that readers can identify with. In her diary, Anne Frank wrote, “I want to go on living, even after my death.” Her diary was translated into more than 60 languages and has sold over 31 million copies.