The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Updated with enlightening new material, this is the complete, definitive edition of Anne Frank’s diary, “the single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust” (The New York Times Book Review)
Discovered in the attic where she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.
In 1942, as Nazis occupied Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the secret upstairs rooms of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death.
In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, Anne’s account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.
Praise for The Diary of a Young Girl
“One of the most moving personal documents to come out of World War II.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
“There may be no better way to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II than to reread The Diary of a Young Girl, a testament to an indestructible nobility of spirit in the face of pure evil.”—Chicago Tribune
“The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust . . . remains astonishing and excruciating.”—The New York Times Book Review
“How brilliantly Anne Frank captures the self-conscious alienation and naïve self-absorption of adolescence.”—Newsday
Discovered in the attic where she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.
In 1942, as Nazis occupied Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the secret upstairs rooms of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death.
In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, Anne’s account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.
Praise for The Diary of a Young Girl
“One of the most moving personal documents to come out of World War II.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
“There may be no better way to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II than to reread The Diary of a Young Girl, a testament to an indestructible nobility of spirit in the face of pure evil.”—Chicago Tribune
“The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust . . . remains astonishing and excruciating.”—The New York Times Book Review
“How brilliantly Anne Frank captures the self-conscious alienation and naïve self-absorption of adolescence.”—Newsday
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Readers say *The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition* is a profoundly moving window into oppression, fear, and the resilience of the human s...
it is not just any girls diary, it is a window into the reality of oppression and fear and what happens to life when threatened and condemned to be treated like vermin. The hopes and aspirations or an oppressed humanity is what is showcased in the diary.
Must read it atleast once.
Must read it atleast once.
I read this as a child but really didn’t remember much about the book (which was in a previous edition). What strikes me now is what an exceptional writer Anne was for her age. Since she was not able to write after her arrest, the diary only reflects her expectation of survival. Anne didn't dwell on the treachery of her circumstances, the sadness only comes from the reader's knowledge that she didn't survive. It does, with some repetition (it is, after all, a diary), capture her adolescence and the petty irritations of captivity. She has an engaging voice. It’s thought provoking to think that had she survived, she would have been close to the end of her natural lifetime now--as other immigrants face torture for existing. I read this to prepare for visiting the Anne Frank house and the book definitely enhanced that tour.
I thought that she dies on the attic, being shoot out from a Police German, but I guess it was the movie that I saw about Anne Frank, they most of changed the ending! But it was completely sad how they were discovered and separated that way, I can't believe how that war was it was the most saddest war ever, I can't believe how racist was Hitler, he was the most horrible person who ever lived.
Is very sad, how happy it starts to the ending.
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