Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl Author:Anne Frank 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 document... more »s 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. -- Publisher's Weekly« less
Wonderfully heartfelt story. Amazing viewpoint that lets us see what the Jews who went into hiding and those who were brave enough to shelter them had to endure.
Her life ened tragically in the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen in March, 1945. Three months later, she would have been sixteen. Two months later, Holland was liberated by the Allies.GOOD BOOK
I was blown away by this book, having read it for the first time when I was almost 40. I felt that it should be required reading for all early teens so they could see just what thoughts, feelings, and writing they are capable of even when they are so young, relatively speaking. This book is one that has made a lasting impression on me.