On Anne Frank's birth anniversary, explore her life through different mediums

Updated On: 12 June, 2024 09:56 AM IST | Mumbai | Nandini Varma

On Anne Frank’s birth anniversary, check out a book, film, and online tour which take a closer look at the 16-year-old’s life

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On her 13th birthday, German-born Anne Frank was presented with a diary. In it, she wrote about her feelings and her life in the Secret Annex. This was a place within an office building in Amsterdam, where the family hid during the Holocaust years of the 1940s. Dealing with her loneliness, she decided to give the diary a name. “I don’t want to jot down the facts... I want the diary to be my friend, and that’s why I’m going to call this diary kitty.” While Anne died when she was 16 years, after a police raid drove her family to a concentration camp, her diary was preserved and published as The Diary of a Young Girl. It continues to be read by readers across the world. On her birth anniversary today, we bring recommendations for you to check out.

A still from the movie. PIC COURTESY/YOUTUBE