The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

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.

Praise for>The Diary of a Young Girl

A truly remarkable book.--The New York Times

One of the most moving personal documents to come out of World War I.--The Philadelphia Inquirer

There may be no better way to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War I than to reread>The Diary of a Young Girl, a testament to an indestructible nobility of spirit in the face of pure evil.--Chicago Tribune>

The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust . . . remains astonishing and excruciating.--The New York Times Book Review

How brilliantly Anne Frank captures the self-conscious alienation and naive 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.

Praise for>The Diary of a Young Girl

A truly remarkable book.--The New York Times

One of the most moving personal documents to come out of World War I.--The Philadelphia Inquirer

There may be no better way to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War I than to reread>The Diary of a Young Girl, a testament to an indestructible nobility of spirit in the face of pure evil.--Chicago Tribune>

The single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust . . . remains astonishing and excruciating.--The New York Times Book Review

How brilliantly Anne Frank captures the self-conscious alienation and naive self-absorption of adolescence.--Newsday

Ana Frank nacio en Frankfurt, en junio de 1929. Con su hermana y sus padres emigro a Holanda en 1933. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la familia Frank formo parte de los miles de judios que tuvieron que huir o esconderse de la persecucion nazi. Los Frank y otras cuatro personas se escondieron durante dos anos en el anexo de una casa, al que Ana llamaba el Anexo secreto, y la jovencita aprovecho ese periodo de encierro, entre sus trece y quince anos, para escribir un hermoso e impresionante diario que la situo como una gran escritora a pesar de su juventud. En agosto de 1944, el cuerpo de policia (Feld-Polizei) descubrio el Anexo, entro en el y detuvo a todos sus habitantes. Fueron deportados a campos de concentracion y Ana Frank murio en Bergen-Belsen, en 1945. Faltaban dos meses para que Holanda fuera liberada. Su diario, encontrado en 1946, dio la vuelta al mundo. En el expresa su amor por la vida y una gran capacidad literaria de reflexion, observacion, humor e inteligencia. / Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt in June 1929. With her sister and her parents, she emigrated to Holland in 1933. During World War II, the Frank family was part of the thousands of Jews who were forced to flee or hide from Nazi persecution. The Frank family and four others hid for two years in the annex of a house, to which Anna called the Secret Annex and the girl took advantage of this period of confinement, between the age of thirteen and fifteen to write a beautiful and impressive diary that placed her as a great writer despite her youth. In August 1944, the police (Feld-Polizei) discovered the Annex, entered it and arrested all its inhabitants. They were deported to concentration camps and Anne Frank died in Bergen-Belsen in 1945. It was two months before the Netherlands was liberated. Her diary, found in 1946, made its way around the world. In it she expresses her love for life and a great literary capacity for reflection, observation, humor and intelligence.

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ISBN 13	9780553296983
ISBN 10	0553296981
Title	The Diary of a Young Girl
Author	Anne Frank
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1993-06-01
Number of pages	304
Prizes	Winner of YALSA Best Books for Young Adults.
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