Simon Wiesenthal expressed a similar sentiment when he said that the diary had raised more widespread awareness of the Holocaust than had been achieved during the Nuremberg Trials, because "people identified with this child.
Simon Wiesenthal mengungkapkan sentimen serupa, berkata bahwa buku harian Anne telah meningkatkan kesadaran yang lebih luas mengenai Holocaust daripada yang telah dicapai dalam Peradilan Nuremberg, karena "orang-orang merasa lekat dengan anak ini.