How many of you know about the diary of Anne Frank?
I did not know at first too.

That day I was in sf's room asking her loads about her europe backpack adventure. Still remember it was the night when the little typhoon swept the whole NUS and it chilled my spine to see the scaffolding of the construction site opposite our hall shaking helplessly in the wind.
We talked about Germany, and the Netherlands. and she told me about visiting the secret annex of Anne Frank in Amsterdam.
At that moment, I was sure I came across this name somewhere before. But I did not know what is a diary of Anne Frank. and why people read her diary. who is she.

Now I know.

Anne Frank is just another jewish girl who did not survive the WWII. Her diary was published few years after WWII ended and quickly became one of the top sellers.
Anne Frank's family and a another family used to hide in the attic of her father's office in the Amsterdam, with its door behind a revolving bookshelf. It was some secret chamber for them to escape from being caught by the Nazis back to Germany. The secret chamber was dark and damp and they mustn't make any noises as the warehouse downstairs was still operating. Anne Frank wrote consistently during her days living in the secret chamber. The last time she confided her feelings to the papers was on August1,1944, when the people in hiding were betrayed and Nazis found them and chased them all out from the hiding place.

something worth sharing:
http://www.annefrank.org/
(just copy and paste the link pls. i don't know why but the link thingy doesnt work!)

Interesting, and very detailed.

I even watched the Anne Frank movie on Youtube. (Can you believe that? I watched it on Youtube using streamyx connection! Imagine how long did i take to load 19 clips!) It is a great version as it further describes the disaster Anne and her family went through being in the concentration camp, touching and moving. It is truly saddening to see how humans can hate each other so much due to the difference in religion and all the things they made them suffered are just so heartbreaking. And I can't believe that it was something happening not too long ago. The same feeling I had when I visited the war museum in Vietnam.

There were millions of people that died and had stories, Anne was just one of those stories that got read to the public. I can't wait to visit the secret hiding place of Anne Frank. I'm sure it's gonna give me yet another reminder on how lucky we are today,living in peace and ease.