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Quote by Anne Frank

“I want to go on living even after my death, And therefore I am grateful to God For giving this gift... Of expressing all that is in me.”

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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