
Nonfiction
Classics
History
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Holocaust Literature
Diary
Jewish Literature
The Diary of a Young Girl
Het Achterhuis
Anne Frank
Anne Frank’s diary records life in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, capturing fear, adolescence, hope, and the human cost of the Holocaust.
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Published
June 25, 1947
Publisher
Contact Publishing
Pages
368
ISBN-13
9780385480338
What this book opens
The Diary of a Young Girl is Anne Frank’s first-person account of life in the Secret Annex in Amsterdam, where she, her family, and four others hid during the Nazi occupation.
The diary is both a historical document and a deeply personal coming-of-age work, shaped by fear, family tension, ambition, loneliness, humor, and hope.
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Related reading
The diary — https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/diary/
Official overview of Anne’s diary and its purpose.The publication of the diary — https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/diary/publication-diary/
Explains how the diary was edited and published after the war.The two versions of Anne’s diary — https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/diary/two-versions-annes-diary/
Shows Anne as a writer revising her own work.The complete works of Anne Frank — https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/diary/complete-works-anne-frank/
Places the diary within Anne’s wider writing.So, who is Dear Kitty? — https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/diary/so-who-is-dear-kitty/
Explains the imagined addressee of Anne’s diary letters.The Secret Annex — https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/secret-annex/
Context for the hiding place where Anne wrote the diary.A dangerous half hour in the Secret Annex — https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/secret-annex/room-otto-edith-margot-frank/
Shows the daily danger and silence of life in hiding.How did Anne’s diary become so famous? — https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/diary/how-did-annes-diary-become-so-famous/
Tracks the diary’s global reach and adaptations.Initial reactions to The Secret Annex — https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/diary/initial-reactions-secret-annex/
Shows early responses to the published diary.The authenticity of the diary of Anne Frank — https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/go-in-depth/authenticity-diary-anne-frank/
Addresses authenticity, evidence, and denial claims.Anne, from diarist to icon — https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/go-in-depth/anne-diarist-icon/
Explores Anne’s transformation into a global symbol.Anne Frank: Diary — https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/anne-frank-diary
Holocaust Museum context for the diary and its versions.Anne Frank Biography: Who was Anne Frank? — https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/anne-frank-biography
Author and historical context from USHMM.Anne Frank: Amsterdam and deportation — https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/map/anne-frank-amsterdam-and-deportation
Maps Anne’s journey from Amsterdam to deportation.Diary of a Young Girl — https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Diary-of-a-Young-Girl
Concise literary and historical overview.How Anne Frank’s Diary Survived — https://time.com/4803406/anne-frank-diary-anniversary/
Explains how the diary was preserved after the arrest.Hidden Pages in Anne Frank’s Diary Deciphered After 75 Years — https://www.history.com/articles/anne-frank-diary-hidden-pages-discovery
Covers recovered hidden pages and their significance.Why Did Anne Frank’s Father Edit And Censor Her Diary? — https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/anne-frank-diary-how-edited-hidden-pages-father-otto-what-she-really-wrote/
Explains Otto Frank’s editorial role and omissions.Who Owns Anne Frank? — https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/10/06/who-owns-anne-frank
Essay on interpretation, adaptation, and ownership of Anne’s story.Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation Reimagines the Young Girl’s Story — https://www.teenvogue.com/story/anne-frank-diary-graphic-novel
Covers adaptation and preserving Anne’s voice for new readers.
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