The portrait of the girl behind the myth.
Anne Frank's diary, the testimony of little Anne, killed by the Nazis after spending years hidden in the attic of a house in Amsterdam, still moves readers around the world today.
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The portrait of the girl behind the myth.
Anne Frank's diary, the testimony of little Anne, killed by the Nazis after spending years hidden in the attic of a house in Amsterdam, still moves readers around the world today.
Her notes chronicle the feelings, fears and small joys of a Jewish girl who, like her family, fought in vain to survive the Holocaust.
A powerful reminder of the horrors of war, an eloquent testimony to the human spirit.
This is how we can describe the reports made by Anne in her diary. Isolated from the outside world, the Franks faced hunger, boredom and the terrible reality of confinement, as well as the constant threat of discovery.
In her diary pages, Anne Frank records her impressions of this long period in hiding.
Alternating moments of fear and joy, the notes prove to be a fascinating account of human courage and weakness and, above all, a vigorous self-portrait of a sensitive and determined girl.
At first, she wrote her diary just for herself. However, when she heard on the radio a member of the Dutch government suggest that diaries and letters documenting the German occupation be published after the war, she decided that, as soon as the conflict was over, she would publish a book, using her diary as a basis.
She then began to rewrite it, improving the text, omitting some passages and adding others.
After the capture of the residents of the secret annex, the secretaries who worked in the building found the diary. When the war ended, they handed everything over to Otto Frank, who continued his daughter's wishes, selecting her writings and organizing them into a more concise version of the diary, published in 1947.
After Otto's death, the Anne Frank Foundation, which he founded, decided to publish a new edition of the diary, which would give the reader a better idea of the young woman's universe.
The task of compiling the texts and editing the expanded version was the responsibility of writer Mirjam Pressler. This version, known as the "definitive edition", is published in Brazil exclusively by Grupo Editorial Record.
Anne Frank's diary is one of the most read books in the world. The touching and impressive account of the atrocities and horrors committed against the Jews makes this book a precious document and one of the most important works of the 20th century.