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 bemærkede også, at Anne Frank ofte bliver identificeret som én enkel repræsentant for de millioner af mennesker, som led og døde, som hun gjorde, fordi "en enkelt Anne Frank berører os mere end et utal af andre, som led præcis som hun, men hvis ansigter blot er forblevet i skyggen.