Anne Frank's influence continues to this day. Frank describe the daily struggles of her family as they hid from the Nazis during World War II.
1. Time Magazine listed Anne Frank as one of the Time 100, saying Frank's diary, "symbolizes the power of a book....she became the most memorable figure to emerge from World War II — besides Hitler, of course." (http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/frank01.html)
2. Frank's diary personalized the horrors of WWII to a "family experience, with which the once murdered and now resuscitated child invited her readers to identify." (http://www.cine-holocaust.de/mat/fbw001473emat.html)
3. Frank's words have inspired and influenced world leaders. "South African President Nelson Mandela recalled after his years of imprisonment for his participation in the political movement to end apartheid: "Some of us read Anne Frank's diary on Robben Island and derived much encouragement of it." And, President John F. Kennedy wrote: "Of the multitude who throughout history have spoken for human dignity in times of great suffering and loss, no voice is more compelling than that of Anne Frank."(http://www.sptimes.com/News/101899/Floridian/Anne_s_diary_spreads_.shtml)
Source(s):
http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/frank01.html
http://www.cine-holocaust.de/mat/fbw001473emat.html
http://www.sptimes.com/News/101899/Floridian/Anne_s_diary_spreads_.shtml


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