By the end of the Holocaust 6 million Jewish people had been murdered at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators. Each victim has his or her own story. Unfortunately, some stories will never be known, while others have been preserved and passed on for us to hear and learn from.

Each year millions of people read Anne Frank’s diary. Miep Gies—one of the people that helped Anne and her family hide—found Anne’s diary and kept it. She hoped to one day return it to her. Anne’s father later published her diary so that we can learn about her story.

Upon receiving a lifetime achievement award from the Anti-Defamation League in 1996, Miep declared: “Again, I could not save Anne’s life. However, I did save her diary…In her diary she tells us that she wants to live on after her death. Now, her diary makes her really live on, in a most powerful way!”

By the end of the Holocaust 6 million Jewish people had been murdered at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators. Each victim has his or her own story. Unfortunately, some stories will never be known, while others have been preserved
and passed on for us to hear and learn from.

Each year millions of people read Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night. He wanted to share his story and to teach future generations about the Holocaust. Upon accepting his Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, Elie said: “That I have tried to keep memory alive, that I have tried to fight those who would forget. Because if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices.”