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Quote by Anne Frank

“This is a photograph of me as I wish I looked all the time. Then I might have a chance of getting in Hollywood.”

Quote by Anne Frank

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Anne Frank, born on June 12, 1929, was a renowned Jewish author. Her diary, 'The Diary of a Young Girl,' is a testament to the sufferings of Jews during World War II and a classic in world literature. She and her family hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam hiding place during the war, and her diary, written during this time, later became widely read. Anne Frank died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. more

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