"Who was Anne Frank" In the final paragraph, Anne Frank is referred to as “a symbol for the lost promise of the children who died in the Holocaust.” What does this mean and how does it contribute to the development of ideas in the text? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer. While in hiding, Anne kept a diary in which she recorded her fears, hopes, and experiences. Found in the secret apartment after the family was arrested, the diary was kept for Anne by Miep Gies, one of the people who had helped hide the Franks. It was published after the war in many languages and is used in thousands of middle school and high school curricula in Europe and the Americas. Anne Frank has become a symbol for the lost promise of the children who died in the Holocaust