Diary of Anne Frank

Today I started a trek sought out by many people, beginning and completing a novel. The newest book of my choice is The Diary of Anne Frank, a very popular and recognize reading. The book is a true journal of a young Jewish girl living in Amsterdam, Holland during the rise of German Nazis and the second world war. She describes the daily life of an adolescent girl as well as struggles rarely seen in humanity. Eleanor Roosevelt wrote the introduction to the Bantam Books version of the novel, elaborating on how these writings have shown just how nothing should be taken for granted. She starts her introduction by saying, "Written by a young girl-and the young are not afraid of telling the truth-it is one of the wisest and most moving commentaries on war and its impact on human beings that i have ever read"
As far as being a practicing Jewish person,this book means a lotto me. The Holocaust is the most influential event in the history of Judaism except for, possibly, the Exodus from Egypt. Over six million Jewish men, woman, and children were killed and more than twice the number were prosecuted for as little as existing. Personally, World War II is something revered as "incredible and "unreal", yet in this novel the reader realizes that it was real. Every last minute of strife and struggle was real. How could a family of four and a family of three abstain from any outside contact for years? How could young children pacify themselves without formal schooling, and no room to play? Yet someway, somehow people overcame what couldn't be overcome and have shared the stories of their lives with the world to better are knowledge.