No, Anne Frank did not say: 'Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.'
This fact check does not serve to fault any of the institutions that are dedicated to educating the world about Frank's life and the history of the
. Rather, perhaps the debunking of fake quotes such as this one could potentially inspire readers to share more of the genuine passages from her writing.is a foundation that was started by Anne's father, Otto Frank. Before his death in 1980, he designated it as his"universal heir and legal successor."
A spokesperson for the foundation confirmed to us that the candle quote was fake and that there was no record of Frank ever having said the words,"Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness." We also did not find any trace of the quote in Frank's works, nor did we find if it had been misattributed from a different author.
The spokesperson said that fake quotes are"an ongoing battle" and that"new false quotes tend to pop up every so often." Photographs of Anne Frank are on display at the Jewish Museum in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on October 21, 2020. another fake Frank quote that read,"Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude." There's no evidence that she ever said these words.
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