Google marks 75th anniversary of Holocaust victim Anne Frank's diary

Google marked the 75th anniversary of Holocaust victim Anne Frank's memoir, The Diary of a Young Girl, with a beautiful doodle slideshow.

Google on June 25, marked the 75th anniversary of Holocaust victim Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl with a beautiful doodle slideshow. The doodle features real excerpts from her diary, which describes what she and her friends and family experienced in hiding for over two years.

According to Google, Anne, a Jewish Dutch-German, only wrote the diary between the ages of 13-15. It contains her personal account of the Holocaust and events of the war, which remains one of the most poignant and widely-read accounts to date. Today marks the 75th anniversary of the publication of her diary, which is widely considered one of the most essential books in modern history.

The Google doodle was designed by art director Thoka Maer. "It was immediately clear how big of a task this was going to be and I felt a huge sense of responsibility," she said when asked about her thoughts on working on the doodle.

Dear Kitty,Today, we are revisiting the day #AnneFrank’s greatest wish came true.Our #GoogleDoodle marks the day ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’ was published, which held a first-hand account of Anne about the years she spent in hiding: https://t.co/kNmBipFoUb. pic.twitter.com/je8SkNuqpF

Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany to Otto and Edith Frank. Her family soon moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands to escape the increasing discrimination and violence faced by millions of minorities at the hands of the growing Nazi party. World War II ignited when Anne was only 10 years old. In the spring of 1942, Anne's family went into hiding in a secret annex in her father’s office building to avoid persecution.