Today, Anne Frank would have turned 96 years old.
Instead of celebrating a long life filled with books, dreams, and family, we remember a young girl whose life was stolen - like millions of others - simply because she was Jewish.
At just 13, Anne went into hiding from the Nazis. In the cramped attic of a secret annex, she poured her thoughts into a diary that would later become one of the most powerful testimonies of the Holocaust. She wrote with honesty, fear, humor, and astonishing hope, capturing what it meant to hold onto humanity in the face of unimaginable darkness.
Anne was murdered in Bergen-Belsen in early 1945, just weeks before liberation. She was only 15.
But her words survived.
Her voice continues to echo across generations, reminding us of what was lost and what must never be lost again. On her birthday, we don’t just remember Anne. We honor the 1.5 million Jewish children murdered in the Holocaust, and we recommit ourselves to fighting antisemitism, hatred, and indifference in every form.
Her story is not just history. It is a warning, and a call to action.
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank
