Anne Frank was just thirteen-years old when she and her family went into hiding behind the Amsterdam office of her father to avoid persecution by Hitler's Nazis. One of her dearest possessions was the diary she had just received as a birthday present. An
"The powerful writings of a teenager from the darkness of her hiding place during the Holocaust can teach us much about making a difference for the 21st century.
Millions of people from all over the world have visited the house in Amsterdam where Anne Frank wrote her famous diary.
Anne Frank Center USA is my pick of the day for its excellent photo scrapbook of Anne's life, the timeline (starting in 1889) that shows the Frank family history in parallel with the development of the Nazi party, and the fabulous teacher resources.
For her thirteenth birthday, Anne Frank's parents gave her a diary.
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