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Anne Frank has stated, “Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy,”(Anne Frank Quotes). Anne Frank wanted to change people’s lives and make them happy for each other. She wrote her diary at first not to inspire but for her future self. It changed after she died but, her diary has shown great strength and thoughts on what was happening around her. Over the research, I have discovered the impact she has on Germany the people, Also who influenced her to write her diary. Overall despite her hard last years of her life, Anne Frank was able to influence people by her diary, lifestyle, and fighting spirit.
First, when looking at Anne Frank as an influence, she helped Germany and other countries realize their mistakes that they made. …show more content…

The diary.anne.frank.org states that, “'I had good people around me and Anne’s Diary helped me a great deal to gain again a positive outlook on life. I hoped by publishing it to help many people in the same way and this turned out to be true - Letter from Cara Wilson’s book (Love, Otto. The Legacy of Anne Frank.”) When looking at the quote I realized that Anne Frank has been an inspiring character, this is because of her positive and hopeful lifestyle. Another source about Anne Frank influencing states, “No one knows how many thousands of those millions wept as they read it, or found themselves inspired by it. Otto Frank could not help but notice the influence of his daughter's diary on those who had read it;- Small and Nolan” (Authors and Artists for Young Adults, vol. 12). When looking at the quote I realized how many she had inspired. Just by writing her life she has impacted people to do things. When Anne was writing her life she knew what she was to do for the world. Another way that she has influenced many people around her. Dina Porta shows us this by saying, "The Education Minister of the Dutch government in exile, Gerrit "Bolekstein, asked all citizens to keep documentation and, if possible, diaries, which would help in writing history after the war and in bringing war criminals to justice. Anne re-read her diary, making revisions while continuing her writing in the hope that it would bear witness." This further enhances my understanding. When looking at this I realized that Anne had helped the history but giving us her view on what happened. When looking at this one government had told the people to start writing diaries to allow them to understand what happens in history. Finally, she impacted the people in the world. Dina Porta, shows us that the dutch government had a revision to the event, when Anne was writing her diary, she would re-read it and make

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