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  • 2022-10-29 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Anne Frank Write, 'Always Give Something, Even if It Is Only Kindness'? (en)
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  • In October 2022, the Historical Snapshots Facebook page posted a quote that purportedly was written by Anne Frank, which read, You can always give something, even if it is only kindness! This was a real, slightly altered quote that truly did appear in Frank's works. The quote about giving kindness to others came from an essay titled Give. The essay appeared in The Works of Anne Frank, which was first published in 1959. Frank became famous after her death for her series of works that she wrote while hiding from Nazis during World War II. Brittanica.com published that she died in a typhus epidemic in March 1945, only weeks before the liberation of [the] Bergen-Belsen [concentration camp]. However, scholars in 2015 revealed new research, including analysis of archival data and first-person accounts, indicating that the sisters might have perished in February 1945. The website BarryPopik.com, also known as The Big Apple blog, once published Give in its entirety: On Oct. 4, 1959, The Spokesman-Review published the following about the newly-released book, The Works of Anne Frank. Give was referenced near the end of the article: It was somewhat refreshing to study a genuine Anne Frank quote for once. We had previously reported on several fakes that had been widely shared online on websites that haphazardly collect quotes from famous people. These fake quotes had also appeared in memes with her name. Misleading social media posts were created despite Frank's works arguably containing plenty of real quotes ripe for inspirational meme creation. One example of a fake Frank quote was the line, Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude, which we found no evidence of her ever writing. We also found no record that she wrote, Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness. Third, the following quote about good news was not written by Frank, either: Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! (en)
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