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A major new BBC TV drama brings Anne Frank's extraordinary diary to a whole new generation.

In July 1942, thirteen-year-old Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the horrors of Nazi occupation, went into hiding in an Amsterdam warehouse. Over the next two years Anne vividly describes not only the daily frustrations of living in such close quarters, but also her thoughts, feelings and longings as she grows up. Her diary ends abruptly and tragically when, in August 1944, Anne and her family were all finally betrayed.
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    2 July 2009
  7. ISBN-10
    0141315199
  8. ISBN-13
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A major new BBC TV drama brings Anne Frank's extraordinary diary to a whole new generation.

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Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany on 12th June 1929, the second child of Otto and Edith Frank. In 1933 Hitler had come to power and was taking more and more measures against the Jews. The Frank family feared what the future might hold if they stayed in Germany. When Otto received an offer to start a new company in Amsterdam, the family decided to move to the Netherlands.

Anne was a lively and fun-loving little girl who had lots of friends. She went to a Montessori school with her sister Margot, also extremely bright and clever. In 1940 Hitler invaded the Netherlands and gradually imposed their restrictions on the Jews. Otto transferred his business to his trusted colleagues Johannes Kleiman and Victor Kugler and began preparing the secret annexe connected to the office warehouse for hiding. Anne was given her diary on her 13th birthday in 1942, and she immediately began writing in it about her family, friends and school. A month later, Margot, like thousands of other young Jews, received a call-up notice and was ordered to report to the SS. That evening, the family moved into the secret annexe and, with the help of Kleiman and Kugler, and employees Miep Santrouschitz and Bep Voskuijl, they remained in hiding for the next two years.

Anne died in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near Hanover (Germany) in February or early March l945, just days after her sister, Margot, and only a few weeks before the camp was liberated by British troops.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Puffin Modern Classics; 3rd edition (2 July 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0141315199
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0141315195
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 - 15 years
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2.7 x 19.8 cm
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    Annelies Marie Frank (German pronunciation: [ʔanəliːs maˈʁiː ˈʔanə ˈfʁaŋk]; Dutch pronunciation: [ʔɑnəˈlis maːˈri ˈʔɑnə ˈfrɑŋk]; 12 June 1929 - February 1945) was a German-born diarist and writer. She is one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Her diary, The Diary of a Young Girl, which documents her life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, is one of the world's most widely known books and has been the basis for several plays and films.

    Born in the city of Frankfurt, Germany, she lived most of her life in or near Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Born a German national, Frank lost her citizenship in 1941 and thus became stateless. The Frank family moved from Germany to Amsterdam in the early 1930s when the Nazis gained control over Germany. By May 1940, they were trapped in Amsterdam by the German occupation of the Netherlands. As persecutions of the Jewish population increased in July 1942, the family went into hiding in some concealed rooms behind a bookcase in the building where Anne's father worked. In August 1944, the group was betrayed and transported to concentration camps. Anne and her sister, Margot, were eventually transferred to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they died (probably of typhus) in February or March 1945, just weeks before the camp was liberated in April.

    Otto Frank, the only survivor of the family, returned to Amsterdam after the war to find that Anne's diary had been saved by one of the helpers, Miep Gies, and his efforts led to its publication in 1947. It was translated from its original Dutch version and first published in English in 1952 as The Diary of a Young Girl, and has since been translated into over 60 languages. The diary, which was given to Anne on her thirteenth birthday, chronicles her life from 12 June 1942 until 1 August 1944.

    Bio and photo from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Unknown photographer; Collectie Anne Frank Stichting Amsterdam (Website Anne Frank Stichting, Amsterdam) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

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Michael Head
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful piece of collection of work
Reviewed in Australia on 11 March 2024
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A wonderful collection of events in Anne's life, including some pieces on the school and also some of the people who stayed with her family. Most of the events were dated and it was significant and only a couple were not dated. There was also a story of Caroline van Altenhoven known as Cady and the biography and it was forty pages and worth seeing which Anne thought it was significant. A wonderful collection of articles and her work.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A diary of hope
Reviewed in Australia on 27 November 2023
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A diary of hope and dreams. Excellent thoughts but sad ending. Highly recommended to all. Great inspirational book. Must read.
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Arun.D
4.0 out of 5 stars Not for everyone...
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This is obviously an important piece of literature.. however I didn’t enjoy as much. Found it difficult to read with the diary type entries of thought making up the book. The book itself looks good but the binding is poor and damages easily. If not handled carefully the book will come apart.
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SusanT
5.0 out of 5 stars It goes without saying this is one of the most important books ever published
Reviewed in Australia on 17 June 2023
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The movies and TV adaptations are great. However, going back to the book and reading the events in her own words really is an experience on another level. One of the most important books ever published. Very thankful to be able to have the opportunity to be able to appreciate a first person account of what happened. As I get older it becomes even more astonishing to me that someone had so much wisdom at such a young age. Essential reading.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Heartbreaking
Reviewed in Australia on 20 November 2023
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Having recently toured the Annex in Amsterdam, this diary became so real. How they managed is unfathomable.
A must read.
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Valerie
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading
Reviewed in Australia on 16 September 2023
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I think this book is worth reading. Its through the eyes of a young teenager of what life was like while in hiding.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Great service
Reviewed in Australia on 1 May 2020
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Awesome title
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Marilyn
4.0 out of 5 stars ANNE IN A MORE HONEST LIGHT - UPDATED EDITION
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Have been re-reading this version that has more of Anne's original diary entries. The book I read as a young woman was highly edited by Anne's father Otto Frank. Anne was a bit of a pain in her early years - sort of typical of her age group. Her descriptions of her friends had me wondering why she had any friends. The entries of her relationship with her mother reminded me how all young people rebel to some extent. I found this updated version to show Anne in a more honest light. My heart went out to this young girl and her family. What a very sad time in history this was. It is a reminder of how war and racial hatred can scar the world forever.
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Chhanda Roy
5.0 out of 5 stars Bestttt
Reviewed in India on 18 February 2024
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Paper quality good
Print quality good
And the story of Anne Frank is fabulous 😭😭
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5.0 out of 5 stars un gran libro
Reviewed in Spain on 8 January 2024
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Este diario es más que un simple registro de los acontecimientos de la época; es un testimonio de la resistencia del espíritu humano frente a la adversidad. Ana, con su juventud y sus sueños, se convierte en una voz para millones de personas silenciadas, ofreciendo un relato personal y desgarrador que desafía el olvido. Sus palabras resuenan con una mezcla de inocencia y sabiduría, de anhelos y miedos, que nos hacen reflexionar sobre la crueldad, la injusticia, pero también sobre la fortaleza y la capacidad de soñar incluso en las circunstancias más sombrías.
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Neusche
5.0 out of 5 stars Wichtig für alle nicht Deutschen, die über die Nazizeit was wissen wollen
Reviewed in Germany on 9 February 2023
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Das Buch ist zur Information für Freunde in Australien, die sich über die deutsche Vergangenheit informieren wollen.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Super
Reviewed in Belgium on 4 January 2023
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One of my top 10.
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MFR
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read, though many flaws in this publisher's version
Reviewed in Canada on 6 December 2020
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The content: I feel this is a must read, by everyone. If you have ever seen any of the movies, I'd strongly recommend reading this after (not before) seeing one of the movies - this isn't fiction, this is real life (as you likely already know), and reading her actual diary gives so much more insight into all that happened, and into the people involved, and into Anne herself, a very real and vibrant life force, that endured and suffered and lived, only to have all that taken away.

There are so many aspects of life in the Secret Annex that the movies/etc didn't cover, so reading this is not simply a text version of the movies/etc, it is like being there 24/7, rather than the more limited aspects and events portrayed in the movies. And in the form of a diary, this is truly an amazing, and no-holding-back way to know the truth of it. Anne is not shy in her diary; she is blunt, open and honest, and after reading for a while, you can feel her heart, soul, passion, fears, hopes, honesty - I truly cannot think of any other way that her story could have been told, that would have given us readers the connection to her, the others, and her situation, as her diary does.

Version: There are several published version of her diary - read the book intro, it will explain - seems all publishers have the same intro, almost word for word. This is the one I chose after looking at many published versions, it is the most complete version easily available. But one day, if it is possible, I would like to find what is referred to as the 'Critical Edition', which is the only one that includes her original unedited (version a), though it doesn't seem to be accessible.

Published quality: I have found an unusually large number of errors in this publishers version, and I am not sure if that is any different from others. It is stated that, in general for any version c, spelling and grammar, etc have been corrected. But the many remaining errors, things like names (possibly auto-corrected) to words, and some other obviously incorrect words (though not obvious what the correct one is) can make certain passages difficult to follow. Still, that only happens once in a while, so it is not frustrating, and if you have trouble putting the diary down once you start reading, you can stop and think and re-read and figure out what she was really wrote/meant, something I found essential, as I did not want to misunderstand even a bit, and I feel I was able to accomplish that.

I've been reading this on a Fire HD 8 Tablet, using the Kindle app. That works great.

But, this is about Anne, who she was, all that she was, and what she experienced, as well as the others she lived with, and those who courageously helped them - this is not a 'story', this is being able to look into her mind in every way, and understand. Everyone should understand, and learn from that.
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