The Diary of a Young Girl
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In 1942, with 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, they and another family lived cloistered in the "Secret Annex" 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 amusing, 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 II."-The Philadelphia Inquirer
"There may be no better way to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II 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 naïve self-absorption of adolescence."-Newsday
I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support.
Comment added by Anne on September 28, 1942:
So far you truly have been a great source of comfort to me, and so has Kitty, whom I now write to regularly. This way of keeping a diary is much nicer, and now I can hardly wait for those moments when I'm able to write in
you.
Oh, I'm so glad I brought you along!
Sunday, June 14, 1942
I'll begin from the moment I got you, the moment I saw you lying on the table among my other birthday presents. (I went along when you were bought, but that doesn't count.)
On Friday, June 12, I was awake at six o'clock, which isn't surprising, since it was my birthday. But I'm not allowed to get up at that hour, so I had to control my curiosity until quarter to seven. When I couldn't wait any longer, I went to the dining room, where Moortje (the cat) welcomed me by rubbing against my legs.
A little after seven I went to Daddy and Mama and then to the living room to open my presents, and you were the first thing I saw, maybe one of my nicest presents. Then a bouquet of roses, some peonies and a potted plant. From Daddy and Mama I got a blue blouse, a game, a bottle of grape juice, which to my mind tastes a bit like wine (after all, wine is made from grapes), a puzzle, a jar of cold cream, 2.50 guilders and a gift certificate for two books. I got another book as well, Camera Obscura (but Margot already has it, so I exchanged mine for something else), a platter of homemade cookies (which I made myself, of course, since I've become quite an expert at baking cookies), lots of candy and a strawberry tart from Mother. And a letter from Grammy, right on time, but of course that was just a coincidence.
Then Hanneli came to pick me up, and we went to school. During recess I passed out cookies to my teachers and my class, and then it was time to get
work. I didn't arrive home until five, since I went to gym with the rest of the class. (I'm not allowed to take part because my shoulders and hips tend to get dislocated.) As it was my birthday, I got to decide which game my classmates
would play, and I chose volleyball. Afterward they all danced around me in a
circle and sang "Happy Birthday." When I got home, Sanne Ledermann was already there. Ilse Wagner, Hanneli Goslar and Jacqueline van Maarsen came home with me after gym, since we're in the same class. Hanneli and Sanne used to be my two best friends. People who saw us together used to say, "There goes Anne, Hanne and Sanne." I only met Jacqueline van Maarsen when I started at the Jewish Lyceum, and now she's my best friend. Ilse is Hanneli's best friend, and Sanne goes to another school and has friends there.
They gave me a beautiful book, Dutch Sagas and Legends, but they gave me Volume II by mistake, so I exchanged two other books for Volume I. Aunt Helene brought me a puzzle, Aunt Stephanie a darling brooch and Aunt Leny a terrific book: Daisy Goes to the Mountains.
This morning I lay in the bathtub thinking how wonderful it would be if I had a dog like Rin Tin Tin. I'd call him Rin Tin Tin too, and I'd take him to school with me, where he could stay in the janitor's room or by the bicycle racks when the weather was good.
Monday, June 15, 1942
I had my birthday party on Sunday afternoon. The Rin Tin Tin movie was a big hit with my classmates. I got two brooches, a bookmark and two books.
I'll start by saying a few things about my school and my class, beginning with the students.
Betty Bloemendaal looks kind of poor, and I think she probably is. She lives on some obscure street in West Amsterdam, and none of us know where it is. She does very well at school, but that's because she works so hard, not because she's so smart. She's pretty quiet.
Autoren-Porträt von Anne Frank
Die Tagebuchaufzeichnungender jungen Jüdin Anne Frank waren für viele Deutsche die erste authentischeInformation über den Holocaust. Judenverfolgung war nicht länger ein abstrakterBegriff, sondern zeigte am Schicksal einer Familie die ganze menschenverachtendeGrausamkeit des Nationalsozialismus.
Wer war Anne Frank?
Sie wurde am 12. Juni 1929 als zweite Tochter der jüdischenEheleute Edith und Otto Frank in Frankfurt geboren. Bis zur MachtübernahmeHitlers im Jahre 1933 war ihr Leben so normal wie das anderer Kinder. Aus Angstvor Deportation emigrierte der Kaufmann Otto Frank nach Holland, um inAmsterdam als Direktor der holländischen Niederlassung der Firma Opekta zuarbeiten. 1934 kamen Frau und Kinder nach. Die Tochter Anne besuchte zunächstden Montessori-Kindergarten und wurde 1935 eingeschult. Die Familie wähnte sichin Sicherheit bis 1940 - bis zum Einmarsch der deutschen Truppen in dieNiederlande. Bald galten auch hier die antisemitischen Gesetze undEinschränkungen, die Angst vor Deportation war wieder allgegenwärtig.
Für die heranwachsendeAnne war die Besatzungszeit zunächst interessant und aufregend, auch derWechsel zum jüdischen Lyzeum fiel in diese Zeit. Wie sich die Lebensumständeder Familie Frank dramatisch änderten, erzählte Anne in ihrem Tagebuch. Siebekam es zum 13. Geburtstag als Geschenk vom Vater und fing sofort an, denleeren Seiten ihre Erlebnisse und Empfindungen anzuvertrauen. In Briefform schriebsie in holländischer Sprache an die fiktive Freundin Kitty.
Schon einige Wochen nachdem Geburtstag begannen in Holland die Deportationen, eine Flucht aus dembesetzten Land war unmöglich. Otto Frank beschloss, mit seiner Familieunterzutauchen. Er kündigte pro forma seine Stellung und bezog mit Frau undTöchtern und vier weiteren Personen das Hinterhaus seines Geschäftes in derPrinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam. Nur ein paar vertrauenswürdige Angestelltewaren eingeweiht und versorgten die Eingeschlossenen mit dem Nötigsten. Indieser Enge der bedrückenden Angst vor Bombenangriffen und vorm Entdecktwerdenentstand "Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank". Es erzählt von den alltäglichenReibereien und Einschränkungen, vom schwierigen Verhältnis zur Mutter und vonder aufkeimenden Liebe zum jungen "Mitbewohner" Peter van Pels. Die Aufzeichnungenüber Gedanken, Einsichten und Hoffnungen lassen erkennen, wie stark AnnesErlebnisfähigkeit ausgeprägt war, wie sie das Verhalten der Schicksalsgefährtendurchschaute und einschätzte und wie bei all dem inneren und äußeren Druck ihrschriftstellerisches Talent immer deutlicher wurde.
Alle diese Aufzeichnungen blieben im Versteck zurück, alsdie "Onderduikers" ("Untergetauchten") am 4. August 1944 verraten unddeportiert wurden. Über Auschwitz kamen die zwei Schwestern nach Bergen-Belsen,wo Anne Anfang 1945 an Typhus starb. Nur der Vater Otto Frank überlebte denHolocaust und veröffentlichte 1947 das Tagebuch seiner Tochter. Ob er denGlauben Annes teilte, "dass die Menschen in ihrem tiefsten Innern gut sind"?
- Autor: Anne Frank
- 1997, Repr., 400 Seiten, mit Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 10,3 x 17,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Otto H. Frank, Mirjam Pressler
- Übersetzer: Susan Massotty
- Verlag: Bantam Books
- ISBN-10: 0553577123
- ISBN-13: 9780553577129
The New York Times
One of the most moving personal documents to come out of World War II.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The new edition reveals a new depth to Anne s dreams, irritations, hardship, and passions. . . . There may be no better way to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II 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 naïve self-absorption of adolescence.
Newsday
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