A Brief Look of Anne Frank on Film

Sadly, history is full of episodes of extreme genocide and what makes these episodes even more tragic is that it is often the names of the individuals responsible for these horrific acts that are remembered most rather than the victims themselves. Unfortunately, there have been very few exceptions to this but, out of those few, perhaps none is more beloved than a young girl and her diary.

Although Anne Frank spent the better part of her life in hiding and detention, her diary has withstood the test of time and terror to reach millions worldwide. Her wholesome and heartening chronicle has served as insight of not just the lives that the confined used to lead, but the lives that they wished to lead again.

This video recording, which was posted by the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam earlier this week, displays the only known footage of Frank. Leaning out her window in both excitement and curiosity, it provides, as a wise man put it, “a touching look at a little girl who helped put a real face on victims of Hitler’s Germany through her own private thoughts.”



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