Born: June 12, 1929

Died: 1945

Anne Frank’s diary is one of the most important writings of the twentieth century. It gave readers raw insight into the lives of Anne Frank and her family, a large Jewish family that hid in an attic for two years during Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. 

“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” ― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

Born: October 8, 1926

Died: December 12, 2018

Alter Wiener is known for writing From a Name to a Number: A Holocaust Survivor's Autobiography, his autobiography in which he goes into grave detail about his life Blechhammer, a forced labor camp for Jews. 

“I have seen that man’s capacity for evil has no limit, just as man’s genius is not limited to reaching new heights in every human endeavor." ― Alter Wiener, From a Name to a Number: A Holocaust Survivor's Autobiography

Starting in September 1941, Jews in Germany were stigmatized by having to wear the Yellow Star. It had been introduced earlier in the territories occupied by Nazi Germany. The star had to be visible on the upper left chest side of the clothing. The Gestapo forced the Jewish communities to sell the Yellow Star.

Dozens of hidden items, including cutlery, scissors and scraps of leather were found beneath a chimney at the Auschwitz concentration camp complex.

Suitcases confiscated from prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp, circa 1941–45.

A group of child survivors behind a barbed wire fence at the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz. Taken after Soviet troops liberate the camp.