17. Anne Wished to Be a Writer and Write Something Grand
Some of Anne’s diary entries discuss her desire to grow up to be a journalist and a writer. She spoke of wondering if she’d ever write something really grand. Showing true journalistic aptitude, she revised her diary after hearing a BBC broadcast that asked Europeans to write down accounts to create records of Nazi atrocities. It is deeply tragic that she achieved her goal, but at a genuinely unthinkable cost.
