Annelies Frank is the most memorable victim of the Holocaust. At only thirteen years old she received her diary as a birthday present and used it as a way to cope with conditions of being in hiding- of being alone. Her diary has become the most read novel pertaining to the Holocaust. She left a legacy of the horrid things that the Nazis did during their reign and although she never intended it to do such, she wrote something that eventually was translated into 67 languages, has been read by millions, and gave people insight to the situation of 300,000 individuals in hiding. Even seventy- five years later she touches the heart of millions around the world. In this case her quote “…but it strikes me that later neither I, nor anyone else,
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Their increasingly growing numbers led to a major modification from October 1970 until February 1971 project because with this many people, traffic was an issue; having people enter and exit through the same door was not feasible anymore. This was the only time the museum has had to be closed to the public. After this major change, another change took place- an admission fee. Otto Frank hated the idea of people paying, however the Anne Frank Foundation insisted that it must be done. They started at one guilder (the equivalent of one U.S. dollar) (Anne Frank House, n.d.).
Another major modification came with the idea that the secret annex should be restored to be as close to the original as possible, using memories of Miep and Otto, and of course Anne’s diary. The most memorable piece of this restoration between 1999 and 2008 being Anne’s wall of movie stars, singers, and models- as every teenage girl has (Anne Frank House, n.d.).
Anne Frank has been given/ dedicated many memorials other than the Anne Frank House because of the enormous influence she has had on many people as well as the abundant insight she has given to many people about the horrors and atrocities of WWII when one of the worst men on earth tried taking over. “Visiting the Anne Frank House humanizes the horrors of the Holocaust through the story of just one of six million victims” (Europe,
Their increasingly growing numbers led to a major modification from October 1970 until February 1971 project because with this many people, traffic was an issue; having people enter and exit through the same door was not feasible anymore. This was the only time the museum has had to be closed to the public. After this major change, another change took place- an admission fee. Otto Frank hated the idea of people paying, however the Anne Frank Foundation insisted that it must be done. They started at one guilder (the equivalent of one U.S. dollar) (Anne Frank House, n.d.).
Another major modification came with the idea that the secret annex should be restored to be as close to the original as possible, using memories of Miep and Otto, and of course Anne’s diary. The most memorable piece of this restoration between 1999 and 2008 being Anne’s wall of movie stars, singers, and models- as every teenage girl has (Anne Frank House, n.d.).
Anne Frank has been given/ dedicated many memorials other than the Anne Frank House because of the enormous influence she has had on many people as well as the abundant insight she has given to many people about the horrors and atrocities of WWII when one of the worst men on earth tried taking over. “Visiting the Anne Frank House humanizes the horrors of the Holocaust through the story of just one of six million victims” (Europe,