Google Doodle today honors Anne Frank- Remembering the Holocaust
Google Doodle today, Saturday, is honoring renowned Jewish German-Dutch diarist and Holocaust victim Anne Frank through a slideshow. Today is the 75th anniversary of the publication of her diary, which is widely considered one of the most important books in modern history. There are 14 slides illustrated by Doodle Art Director Thoka Maer. The slides features excerpts from Anne Frank's diary and describes what the writer and her family and friends experienced while hiding for over two years form the Nazis in Germany. The slideshow begins with a warning, "This presentation includes mentions of the Holocaust, which may be sensitive to some viewers. Anne Frank's diary text has been edited for length."
What was the Holocaust? Germany, ruled by Adolf Hitler led Nazis, carried out a horrific genocide of Jews before and during World War II. Germany systematically massacred around 6 million Jews across all the territories it held during the war period. The Jews, a minority community, was targetted along with gypsies, people with disabilities and others too.
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Anne Frank Diary, although written between the ages of 13-15, was her personal account of the Holocaust and events of the war and it remains one of the most poignant and widely-read accounts to date, Google informed. Here is all we know about Anne Frank.
Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany, but her family soon moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands to escape the increasing discrimination and violence faced by millions of minorities at the hands of the growing Nazi party. World War II ignited when Anne was 10 years old, and soon after, Germany invaded the Netherlands, bringing the war
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