Essays discuss the "Diary," Anne Frank as a writer, and her legacy as a real person.

Anne Frank : a biography -- 1. Important themes in The diary of a young girl -- Anne as a role model for other adolescents / Linda Irwin-DeVitis & Beth Benjamin ; The diary speaks for millions of Jews / Meyer Levin ; The development of Anne Frank / John Berryman ; The diary has universal appeal / Antony Kamm ; I believe in the good within man / Norbert Muhlen -- 2. Anne Frank and The diary of a young girl : a critical assessment -- The diary is popular because it ignores gritty reality / Robert Alter ; Anne Frank has been denied her place as a mature woman writer / Catherine A. Bernard ; Anne Frank's Diary remains a searing document of the Holocaust / Sara Laschever ; Anne Frank's Diary is more poignant because it ignores the horror of the Holocaust / Ann Birstein & Alfred Kazin ; Anne Frank : a tale of morality / Henry F. Pommer ; The popularity of Anne Frank's Diary denies the real lesson of the Holocaust / Bruno Bettelheim -- 3. The legacy of The diary of a young girl -- Searching for the real Anne Frank / Ernst Schnabel ; The voice that speaks for six million / Ilya Ehrenburg ; Anne Frank's Diary : a story that endures / Lawrence Elliott ; The diary inspires antidiscrimination efforts / Ian Barnes.