The Diary of Anne Frank

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'I want to live on, even after death." —^Anne Frank, April 1944
Anne Frank has lived on—in the minds and hearts of millions of people all over the world. THE DiARY OF AnNE FRANK: THE CRITICAL EDITION presents a poignant new picture of Anne Frank, her life, and her times.
Prepared by the Netherlands State Institute for War Documentation, and now for the first time released in English, this compelling volume includes:
—Never-before'published versions of the diary: Anne's original journal; her manuscript as she edited it; and the popular story with her father's revisions. In comparing Anne's two versions, a reader sees how her thinking and ability to write developed during her two years in hiding. Her corrections to both versions demonstrate how she worked; rarely has one had such an opportunity to follow the process of writing so closely.
—Biographies of the Frank family members.
—The dramatic historical events following the family's discovery and arrest.
—Scientific... Tovább

Fülszöveg

'I want to live on, even after death." —^Anne Frank, April 1944
Anne Frank has lived on—in the minds and hearts of millions of people all over the world. THE DiARY OF AnNE FRANK: THE CRITICAL EDITION presents a poignant new picture of Anne Frank, her life, and her times.
Prepared by the Netherlands State Institute for War Documentation, and now for the first time released in English, this compelling volume includes:
—Never-before'published versions of the diary: Anne's original journal; her manuscript as she edited it; and the popular story with her father's revisions. In comparing Anne's two versions, a reader sees how her thinking and ability to write developed during her two years in hiding. Her corrections to both versions demonstrate how she worked; rarely has one had such an opportunity to follow the process of writing so closely.
—Biographies of the Frank family members.
—The dramatic historical events following the family's discovery and arrest.
—Scientific evaluations and photographic examples of Anne's handwriting and the paper she used, authenticating her writing of the diary during 1942—44.
Illustrated throughout with photographs and facsimiles, this critical edition provides the fascinating context in which Anne Frank wrote her immortal diary. It is an indispensable guide.

Anne Frank's diary has become a modem classic. It stands alone as the moving testimony of a yoving girl whose world collapsed around her in the nightmare of Hitler's Final Solution. Published in the United States in 1952, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl has been translated from the Dutch into over fifty languages, and millions of people the world over continue to respond to her extraordinary voice. Now THE
Diary of Anne Frank: The Critical Edition presents the most fascinating, comprehensive study of that diary in existence.
Prepared by the Netherlands State Institute for War Documentation, this impressive volume contains never-before-published material from the diary, and compares the three versions extant: Anne's original entries; the diary as she herself edited it in the hiding place of the "Secret Annex"; and the version popularly known, as edited by Anne's father, Otto Frank, and the Dutch publishing house after World War II, when they removed certain family and sexual references. Absorbing biographical information on the Frank family and the stirring sequence of events during and after their arrest add a new dimension to this moving story. Also included are results of the research into how Nazi authorities were finally informed about the Franks—after the family had been in hiding for over two years.
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Every aspect of the diary—including Anne's handwriting and the paper used—is meticulously examined, provid' ing both compelling proof and historical affirmation of its poignant testament.
Illustrated throughout with black'and' white photographs, this anxiously awaited volume serves as an invaluable contribution to our awareness of the Holocaust and as a tribute to its author's irrepressible spirit.
Arnold J. Pomerans is a distinguished translator from the Dutch language; he has translated An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of EttyHillesum, 1941-43, and Btty Hillesum: Letters from Westerbork.
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