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2007 also saw the 60th anniversary of the first time Anne Frank’s diary was published. The account, written by a Jewish girl in hiding in Amsterdam during World War II, is widely recognized as a definitive document of the era. To mark the anniversary, the Swiss relatives of the Frank family transferred their private archives to the Anne Frank Foundation in the Dutch capital. Radio Netherlands Worldwide’s Marijke Van de Berg met Anne Frank’s cousin, Buddy Elias. 

60 years ago today Anne Frank's diary was published for the first time. The diary of a Jewish girl who went into hiding in Amsterdam during World War II is widely recognised as a definitive document of the era. To mark the anniversary, the Swiss relatives of the Frank family have transferred their private archives to the Anne Frank Foundation in the Dutch capital. Marijke Van de Berg asked Anne Frank's cousin Buddy Elias why they had decided to bring the archive to Amsterdam...