About this book
Anne Frank was a Jewish girl living in Amsterdam when the German occupation forced her family into hiding in 1942. For about two years they lived, with others, in concealed rooms behind her father's business, and during that time Anne kept a diary recording daily life, her thoughts, her ambitions as a writer and her changing relationships with the people around her.
In 1944 the hiding place was discovered and its occupants were deported. Anne died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. Her father, Otto Frank, the only member of the family to survive, later arranged for the diary to be published, and it has since become one of the most widely read books about the Holocaust.
Its power lies in its voice. Anne writes with humour, frustration, curiosity and hope, and readers come to know her as a person rather than a symbol. We recommend reading it with care, and perhaps alongside Night, to understand both the life in hiding and the horror that followed.
Who it’s for
Suitable for teenage and adult readers alike; the writing is simple and personal, though knowing Anne's fate makes it emotionally demanding.
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