The Diary of a Young Girl
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4.4 • 196 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The Diary of a Young Girl, also known as The Diary of Anne Frank, is a book of the writings from the Dutch language diary kept by Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. The family was apprehended in 1944, and Anne Frank died of typhus in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. The diary was retrieved by Miep Gies, who gave it to Anne's father, Otto Frank, the family's only known survivor, just after the war was over. The diary has since been published in more than 60 languages.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This startling new edition of Dutch Jewish teenager Anne Frank's classic diary--written in an Amsterdam warehouse, where for two years she hid from the Nazis with her family and friends--contains approximately 30% more material than the original 1947 edition. It completely revises our understanding of one of the most moving and eloquent documents of the Holocaust. The Anne we meet here is much more sarcastic, rebellious and vulnerable than the sensitive diarist beloved by millions. She rages at her mother, Edith, smolders with jealous resentment toward her sister, Margot, and unleashes acid comments at her roommates. Expanded entries provide a fuller picture of the tensions and quarrels among the eight people in hiding. Anne, who died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in March 1945, three months before her 16th birthday, candidly discusses her awakening sexuality in entries that were omitted from the 1947 edition by her father, Otto, the only one of the eight to survive the death camps. He died in 1980. This crisp, stunning translation provides an unvarnished picture of life in the ``secret annex.'' In the end, Anne's teen angst pales beside her profound insights, her self-discovery and her unbroken faith in good triumphing over evil. Photos not seen by PW.
Customer Reviews
Great read and so heartwarming!
Very sad and hard to accept!
Sad & Insightful
A sad, insightful, horrific viewpoint so beautifully written by such a young girl.
Heartbreaking
This book is about the daily life of Anne Frank when she was living in the secret annexe. I found Anne very intelligent and intellectual for her age as she spoke/wrote well spoken. It was so interesting and fascinating to find out about her life. Towards the end, Anne gets so optimistic about the war, but it saddens me to think that she never saw the end of the war. I also enjoyed her relationship with Peter and how she reminisces about school and her old boyfriend. I also like how much she misses the simple things in life such as school and how excited she is to return. All in all it’s a sad book because you read it and see how optimistic and excited and nervous she is about the war and how she thinks it’s ending but you know the ending and know she died before the war ended. I would recommend this to anyone as it’s a historic moment to read about from a young girls point of view, which is different to normal history books you read about.