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75 years first print diary Anne Frank

75 years ago, on June 25, 1947, Anne Frank's diary was published for the first time in the Netherlands, just over five years after Anne's thirteenth birthday, the day she had received her diary. She had come up with the title of the book herself: Het Achterhuis (The Secret Annex). Looking back, Otto Frank wrote: ‘How proud Anne would have been if she had lived to see this. After all, on 29 March 1944, she wrote: "Imagine how interesting it would be if I published a novel about the Secret Annex."'
Read more about the publication of Anne's diary

80 years ago Anne gets her diary

On her thirteenth birthday, just before they went into hiding, Anne was presented with a diary. During the two years in hiding, Anne wrote about events in the Secret Annex, but also about her feelings and thoughts. When the Minister of Education of the Dutch government in England made an appeal on Radio Orange to hold on to war diaries and documents, Anne was inspired to rewrite her individual diaries into one running story, titled Het Achterhuis (The Secret Annex).

The two versions of Anne’s diary

From 20 May 1944 onwards, Anne rewrote a large part of her diary. She planned to publish this book about her time in the Secret Annex after the war. For a title, she came up with Het Achterhuis or The Secret Annex. What are the most striking differences between the two versions?

Holocaust diaries by other young writers

Anne Frank was not the only one who kept a diary during the Holocaust. Many other young Jewish people also wrote about their lives and their feelings in those difficult times. Read here about the differences and similarities with Anne's diary.

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