Anne Frank's Diary

In The New York Times the writer Anna Quindlen asked, “Would our understanding of the Holocaust be quite the same if Anne Frank had not taken a small plaid diary into hiding with her?”
My response would be if Anne Frank had not written the diary, our understanding would be quite different. We only had the basic information, and how bad the Holocaust was, but never a witness who actually experienced it. It brings us so much more information, and feelings towards how the Jews felt and lived. Anne Frank's diary had many important secrets that wouldn't have been told, if not for her. She shows us more than the broad Holocaust, but the depth of every detail. This has affected us greatly, and would make our view towards the Jews more serious. Her dairy has become very popular now, that its part of all children's education. To summarize, I think her diary does change our understanding from a wide range, towards the depth of the Holocaust, and how it affected many Jews at the time.