Primo Levi suggested Anne Frank is frequently identified as a single representative of the millions of people who suffered and died as she did because "One single Anne Frank moves us more than the countless others who suffered just as she did but whose faces have remained in the shadows.
Primo Levi berpendapat Anne Frank sering dianggap sebagai satu-satunya tokoh yang mewakili jutaan orang yang menderita dan tewas seperti dirinya karena "Seorang Anne Frank menggerakkan kita lebih dari orang lain yang tak terhitung jumlahnya yang menderita seperti dirinya namun wajah orang-orang tersebut tidak bisa dibayangkan.