| Autumn |
| July 19, 2004 03:12 AM |
Anne's writing are so important because this one person speaks for the 6 million like her who did not survive. All you can think after reading her diary and finding out that she did not survive is "you cannot do this to Anne, she is special"! Then you realize that Anne was special because you knew her through her writting but each and everyone of the others who died was just as special. What a terrible thing hate is to bring about the deaths of so many special people. I hope and pray that nothing like that ever happens again. |
| Elizabeth Kirkley Best PhD |
| July 18, 2004 01:35 PM |
High Accolades to USHMM for one of the most beautiful and clearly organized web offerings on Anne Frank. With the Anne Frank House and AnneFrank.org, the preservation of her spirit and purpose are preserved and available to all. The feel of the most essential part of Anne's story is felt: there is no life so small or hidden, that God cannot use it to change hearts around the World, for all time. Makes me appreciate the fact that there is not one person God created who may not be that next pivotal person. Adds to a respect for all life. THANK-YOU Elizabeth K. Best PhD, Shoah Education Project-Web |
| candace clark |
| July 17, 2004 03:38 AM |
i remember the first time i heard of a jewish girl writing a diary while she was in hiding. i couldn't believe it. i read everthing i can get my hands on regarding Anne Frank. i wonder if she ever believed she would be this famous. her story lives on through her diary. the things she suffered i don't any of us could handle today. Anne Frank's diary has changed how i look at the world and how i treat people. she has a deep effect on me. |
| sarah 17 and Australian |
| July 09, 2004 01:08 AM |
As a young teenager i knew nothing of war, nothing that really went on before my time. But one faitful night i watched a movie that would change my thoughts forever. That movie was ' Anne Frank'. It really opened my eyes so much so that i read anne's diary and many other non fiction books about war. I've began a new phase in my life and thats revolved around books, i've become passionate about Anne and many other heros in my view. My friends can't understand why i'm interested in it all, all they would have to do is ask a question about war and i'd be rambeling on for the next ten minutes. Not only has anne opened my eyes to what went on in the war but to also all the suffering that happened and why. I believe that our world in 2004 is gradually getting better and thats partly because people back then thought for our freedom and i thank them. I haven't really talked about Anne Frank so here i'll begin. She and many many other people of all ages sufferd under hitlers rage she's in a way to me much like the thing that bought awarnes and better times to the world thats what i believe. i have one question i have read Anne's diary but it has no letters to her friends, i read on internet sites that she did write them and what i want to know is why was this not in the Anne Frank book i have? thanks bye |
| scarlett |
| July 01, 2004 10:05 PM |
There was something special in Anne Frank. When you read her diary you know it right from the beginning. There was no fear in her voice; and once in a while people like that come along and give you the chance to beleive in everything. But the thing that made us all special just by giving Anne Frank an audience-the thing that so connected the world with Anne is that we know somewhere in all of us, is Anne Frank. Somewhere, somewhere; but yes, it is there-is the fearlessness, the innocence, the wisdom, the will to tell and hope and listen and give everything you have in hopes that someone else will use it, and they will make the world a better place because of it. She really lit up the world; there is no one like her and yet, all over again, we really have it in us to follow her and lead the world. |
| Ingrid Anderson |
| June 21, 2004 05:26 PM |
Most people seem to focus on Anne's message of love and hope, and on her kindness and humanity. I, too, love these things about Anne's work. I rarely hear people say what I always long to say when someone mentions Anne Frank, or any of the 6 million: Sometimes I am so angry, and so sad, that she, along with so many others, who had so much more left to give to the world, were slaughtered while the world stood by. Anne only needed to live a few more months to be free...what incredible books she could have given us if she had survived! How blessed the world is that she kept her diary. |
| Greg Van Hee |
| June 12, 2004 07:27 PM |
I'm a retired English teacher who directed The Diary of Anne Frank at two different schools. There is, perhaps, no more eloquent and poignant voice for the sad fact that what is fine and innocent in the world is far too often destroyed by the terrible forces of evil that tragically and all to frequently garned an awful degree of power throughout history. Anne's is a message to all of us of our responsibility to remain vigilant and to never forget that such forces can and will always be with usand to never completely let down our guard against them. |
| Karen Pendleton |
| June 12, 2004 09:55 AM |
I was twelve the first time I read the Diary of Anne Frank. I cried, and I mourned her death. But I realized that her strength and spirit will inspire millions in the centuries to come. And, to me, that helps to offset the horror in a small but significant way. |
| Walter Thomaz Junior |
| June 05, 2004 01:31 AM |
I do remember when I read the Diary of Anne Frank. I was 15 years old and I was in S?o Paulo taking a bus to go back home in Santos where I lived. I went to a bookstore inside the bus station when I saw the book on a shelf. I bought it and that changed my life forever. I read it very quickly and from that moment on I've read all publish versions, and today I became a writer and also a teacher and, as an English teacher in Brazil, I still use it to talk about the war with my students and ready the English version with them,and also show them the movie. Anne Frank is and has to be an inspiration to young people and a lesson to be learnt all over the world of how violence, prejudice and pride can be disastrous when not stopped. When I think about Anne Frank and the heritage she left to all of us, my deep respect towards the jews and all mankind grows and makes me feel a better person. I also think that "in spite of everything I still think that people is good at heart". |
| tammie |
| June 02, 2004 11:13 PM |
I remember the first time I read the diary of Anne frank. The way that she wrote or the way that she explained everything, made me feel as if I was there. Just thinking about what the Germans did to the Jews makes me so angry. They were wrong, how do you think you would feel if all of the sudden you had to go into hiding, not knowing what is going on outside? It hurts me to even think that this happened. It disappoints me to know that Anne couldn't fulfill her dreams and become a writer. I think I would have loved it, if she actually had the chance to be a writer. But when you really think about it, she is changing lives, and in a way improving the way people think of each other. I know she made that happen to me. Yesterday??s history, tomorrow??s a mystery, and today is a gift. It seems Anne thought that everyday. |
