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THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL

by Anne Frank

FOREWORD

Anne Frank kept a diary froust 1, 1944 Initially, she wrote it strictly for herself Then, one day in 1944, Gerrit Bolkestein, a overnment in exile, announced in a radio broadcast from London that after the war he hoped to collect eyewitness accounts of the suffering of the Dutch people under the German occupation, which could be made available to the public As an example, he specifically mentioned letters and diaries

Impressed by this speech, Anne Frank decided that when the as over she would publish a book based on her diary She began rewriting and editing her diary, ies she didn't think were interesting enough and adding others froinal diary In the scholarly work The Diary of Anne Frank: The Critical Edition (1989), Anne's first, unedited diary is referred to as version a, to distinguish it from her second, edited diary, which is known as version b The last entry in Anne's diary is dated August 1, 1944 On August 4, 1944, the eight people hiding in the Secret Annex were arrested Miep Gies and Bep Voskuijl, the two secretaries working in the building, found Anne's diaries strewn allover the floor ,Miep Gies tucked the After the hen it becaave the diaries, unread, to Anne's father, Otto Frank

After long deliberation, Otto Frank decided to fulfill his daughter's wish and publish her diary He selectedthem into a shorter version later referred to as version c Readers all over the world know this as The Diary of a fauna Girl

Inhis choice, Otto Frank had to bear several points in in with, the book had to be kept short so that it would fit in with a series put out by the Dutch publisher In addition, several passages dealing with Anne's sexuality were omitted; at the time of the diary's initial publication, in 1947, it was not customary to write openly about sex, and certainly not in books for young adults Out of respect for the dead, Otto Frank also oes about his wife and the other residents of the Secret Annex Anne Frank, as thirteen when she began her diary and fifteen when she was forced to stop, wrote without reserve about her likes and dislikes

When Otto Frank died in 1980, he willed his daughter's manuscripts to the Netherlands State Institute for War Documentation in Amsterdaed ever since its publication, the Institute for War Docuation Once the diary was proved, beyond a shadow of a doubt, to be genuine, it was published in its entirety, along with the results of an exhaustive study The Critical Edition contains not only versions a, band c, but also articles on the background of the Frank fa their arrest and deportation, and the exa, the document and the materials used

The Anne Frank-Fonds (Anne Frank Foundation) in Basel (Switzerland), which as Otto Frank's sole heir had also inherited his daughter's copyrights, then decided to have anew, expanded edition of the diary published for general readers This new edition in no way affects the integrity of the old one originally edited by Otto Frank, which brought the diary and itsthe expanded edition was given to the writer and translator Mirjainal selection has now been supplees from Anne's a and b versions Mirjam Pressler's definitive edition, approved by the Anne Frank-Fonds, contains approxiive the readerher second version (b), Anne invented pseudonyms for the people ould appear in her book She initially wanted to call herself Anne Aulis, and later Anne Robin Otto Frank opted to call his faard to the others Over the years, the identity of the people who helped the fae In this edition, the helpers are now referred to by their real names, as they so justly deserve to be All other persons are named in accordance with the pseudonyms in The Critical Edition The Institute for War Docuned initials to those persons wishi+ng to remain anony in the Secret Annex are: THE VAN PELS FAMILY (frouste van Pels (born September 9, 1890) Hermann van Pels (born March 31, 1889) Peter van Pels (born November 8, 1926) Called by Anne, in her manuscript: Petronella, Hans and Alfred van Daan; and in the book: Petronella, Hermann and Peter van Daan

FRITZ PFEFFER

(born April 30, 1889, in Giessen, Germany):

Called by Anne, in her manuscript and in the book: Alfred Dussel The reader may wish to bear in mind that much of this edition is based on the b version of Anne's diary, which she wrote when she was around fifteen years old Occasionally, Anne went back and coe she had written earlier These comments are clearly uistic errors have been corrected Otherwise, the text has basically been left as she wrote it, since any atte and clarification would be inappropriate in a historical document

June 12, 1942

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 coularly This way of keeping a diary is much nicer, and now I can hardly wait for those ht you along!

SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 1942

I'll begin fro on the table a when you were bought, but that doesn't count) On Friday, June 12, I ake at six o'clock, which isn't surprising, since it was et 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 rooainst s

A little after seven I went to Daddy and Ma roo I saw, maybe one of my nicest presents Then a bouquet of roses, soot a blue blouse, a garape juice, which to rapes), a puzzle, a jar of cold creaot another book as well, Caedelse), a platter of homemade cookies (which I madecookies), lots of candy and a strawberry tart froht on time, but of course that was just a coincidence

Then Hanneli ca recess I passed out cookies to et back to work I didn't arrive hoym with the rest of the class (I'm not allowed to take part because et dislocated) As it was ame my classmates would play, and I chose volleyball Afterward they all danced around ot honer, Hanneli Goslar and Jacqueline van Maarsen caym, since we're in the same class Hanneli and Sanne used to be ether 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 oes to another school and has friends there

They gave ave ed two other books for Voluhtbrooch and Aunt Leny a terrific book: Daisy Goes to the Mountains

Thishoonderful 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 rooood

MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1942

I had my birthday party on Sunday afternoon The Rin Tin Tin ot two brooches, a books aboutwith 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 knohere 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

Jacqueline van Maarsen is supposedly my best friend, but I've never had a real friend At first I thought Jacque would be one, but I was badly ned at random to those persons who prefer to reetting things, so the teachers keep assigning her extra homework as punishment She's very kind, especially to GZ

ES talks soyour hair or fiddling with your buttons when she asks you so They say she can't stand me, but I don't care, since I don't like her irl with a cheerful disposition, except that she talks in a loud voice and is really childish e're playing outdoors Unfortunately, Henny has a girlfriend named Beppy who's a bad influence on her because she's dirty and vulgar

JR - I could write a whole book about her J is a detestable, sneaky, stuck-up, two-faced gossip who thinks she's so grown-up She's really got Jacque under her spell, and that's a shahtest thing and, to top it all off, is a terrible show-off Miss J always has to be right She's very rich, and has a closet full of the most adorable dresses that are way too old for her She thinks she's gorgeous, but she's not J and I can't stand each other

Ilse Wagner is a nice girl with a cheerful disposition, but she's extre about so Ilse likes me a lot She's very smart, but lazy

Hanneli Goslar, or Lies as she's called at school, is a bit on the strange side She's usually shy-outspoken at horne, but reserved around other people She blabs whatever you tell her to her mother But she says what she thinks, and lately I've corne to appreciate her a great deal

Nannie van Praag-Sigaar is small, funny and sensible I think she's nice She's pretty smart There isn'tis, in h she's only twelve, she's quite the lady She acts as if I were a baby She's also very helpful, and I like her GZ is the prettiest girl in our class She has a nice face, but is kind of du to hold her back a year, but of course I haven't told her that

COMMENT ADDED BY ANNE AT A LATER DATE: To my areat surprise, GZ wasn't held back a year after all

And sitting next to GZ is the last of us twelve girls, me

There's a lot to be said about the boys, or maybe not so much after all Maurice Coster is one of er has a filthy one all the way Still, I think he's terrific, because he's very funny

Emiel Bonewit is GZ's ad Rob Cohen used to be in love with me too, but I can't stand hi little goof who has an awfully high opinion of himself

Max van de Velde is a farot would say

Herman Koopman also has a filthy mind, just like Jopie de Beer, who's a terrible flirt and absolutely girl-crazy

Leo Blom is Jopie de Beer's best friend, but has been ruined by his dirty mind Albert de Mesquita carade He's really ser came from the same school, but isn't as soofy boy from Almelo who transferred to this school in the middle of the year

CN does whatever he's not supposed to

Jacques Kocernoot sits behind us, next to C, and we (G and I) laugh ourselves silly

Harry Schaap is the most decent boy in our class He's nice

Werner Joseph is nice too, but all the changes taking place lately haveSauys from across the tracks A real brat (Admirer!) Appie Riem is pretty Orthodox, but a brat too