Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I've never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year old school girl. Oh well, it doesn't matter. I feel like writing. -Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl is a remarkable first-hand account of the life of a holocaust victim, Anne Frank. A young girl in her teenage, Anne, documented her experiences from 1942 to 1944 during the German occupation of the Netherlands. Living in hiding with her family for these tumultuous years, Anne documents not only the upheaval of the dark times but also the plain and simple emotions and views of a teenage girl. This marvelously rendered account is not only a potent reminder of the horrors of the evils perpetrated by humans but also is a vivid and earnest testimonial of the human spirit. The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust . . . remains astonishing and excruciating. -The New York Times How brilliantly Anne Frank captures the self-conscious alienation and naïve self-absorption of adolescence. -Newsday
Discovered in the attic in which 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, with the Nazis occupying 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, the Franks and another family lived cloistered in the Secret Annexe 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 surprisingly humorous, her 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.
The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust . . . remains astonishing and excruciating.
- The New York Times
How brilliantly Anne Frank captures the self-conscious alienation and naïve self-absorption of adolescence.
- Newsday
Wissenschaftlich basierte Neuübersetzung (2022) mit zahlreichen Fu noten und Worterklärungen
Hätte Anne Frank die Nazizeit überlebt, wäre wahrscheinlich eine gro e Schriftstellerin aus ihr geworden. Ihrem Tagebuch vertraute sie diesen Lebenstraum an: Du wei t ja schon lange, dass es mein grö tes Ziel ist, einmal Journalistin und später eine berühmte Schriftstellerin zu werden [...] Nach dem Krieg will ich auf jeden Fall ein Buch mit dem Titel >Das Hinterhaus
Den ersten Tagebucheintrag schrieb Anne am 12. Juni 1942, den letzten am 1. August 1944, vier Tage vor der Verhaftung. Alle Bewohner des Verstecks im >Hinterhaus
Anne Franks Tagebuch gilt heute als bedeutendstes schriftliches Zeugnis aus der Nazi-Zeit.
Eine ausführliche Darstellung zur Urheberrechtsfrage findet sich im Vorwort dieses Buchs.