The Diary of a Young Girl (Deluxe Edition) is the real diary of a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank. The Diary begins on Anne’s 13th birthday on 12 June 1942 when she receives it as a birthday present and ends when Anne is fifteen years old. It focuses on the life and world of Anne Frank who is forced to go into hiding with her family in Amsterdam to avoid German persecution during World War II. The Frank family is forced to take this difficult decision when the Nazi police send Anne’s sister a call-up notice to be deported to a concentration camp. The Diary tells us about the persecution of Jews by the Nazis in war-ridden Europe from the viewpoint of a young Jewish girl. Anne Frank’s diary highlights her dreams, love, despair, emotional conflict and never ending optimism even when the odds are stacked heavily against Anne and her family. The most important message in this book is that people have the right to live in freedom.
About the Author
Annelies Marie ‘Anne’ Frank (12 June 1929- early March 1945) is the most talked about holocaust Jewish victims. her wartime diary titled, The Diary of a Young Girl has inspired numerous films and plays. After her diary was published she got international fame, albeit posthumously. This diary documents her experiences in hiding when the Germans occupied holland during World War II. In 1933, the Frank family relocated to the netherlands from Germany, and this was the very year when the nazi Party wrested control over Germany. May 1940, the German occupation of the netherlands saw the Franks trapped in Amsterdam. As the Jews were persecuted with enormous regularity from 1942, the Franks went into hiding for two years. They were betrayed and deported to concentration camps. Otto Frank was the sole survivor, and he published his daughter’s diary in 1947. Since then, it has been translated into many languages from the original Dutch. The diary chronicles Anne’s life from 12 June 1942 until 1 August 1944.
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