The Diary of Anne Frank, which was made in 1959 was one of the more popular films of its time. ... In reality, Anne Frank was only thirteen years old when she first went into hiding in Amsterdam, however actress Millie Perkins was clearly much older, a choice which was popular with American audiences, but sacrificed the point that even the young were not spared. A poignant feature of the literary version of Anne Frank's Diary centred around the point that Anne's childish innocence was to be shattered by the events of the world around her. ... (Nixdorf, 2003. pg 7 and The Diary of...

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Others will read books, memoirs, diaries – they will watch films and adaptations - all powerful ways of educating ourselves, indeed. ... I have read Night, Elie Wiesel's harrowing memoir of his experience as a prisoner of Auschwitz, and Anne Frank's diary chronicling her fears and her dreams while praying to escape the wrath of Nazism. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate