Anne Frank Diary published
25 June 1947, Netherlands
Published as Het Achterhuis (The Secret Annex, after the Frank family hiding place in Amsterdam), the diaries of Anne Frank were a sensation and quickly translated for publication around the world.
Their biggest impact was in humanising the Holocaust story like nothing else had before.
This bright young girl, so full of ideas and hope expressed so imaginatively in her own words, captured the horror of the moment as well as the endurance of the human spirit. She had always wanted to be an author and thanks to her father (the only survivor of the family) that wish came true.