Name: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
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Author: Frank, Anne ; Frank, Otto M. ; Pressler, Mirjam
ISBN: 9780553577129

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Physical Book

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Year

1997

Language

English

Pages

400

Format

Pocket Book

Dimensions

17.0 x 10.4 x 2.8 cm

Weight

0.20 kg.

ISBN

0553577123

ISBN13

9780553577129

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Synopsis "The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition"

Updated with enlightening new material, this is the complete, definitive edition of Anne Frank's diary, "the single most compelling personal account of the Holocaust" (The New York Times Book Review) Discovered in the attic where she spnt the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has become a world classic--a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, as Nazis occupied 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 upstairs rooms 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, Anne's 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 "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

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Annelies Marie Frank, conocida en español como Ana Frank (Fráncfort del Meno, 12 de junio de 1929-Bergen-Belsen, febrero o marzo de 1945), fue una niña alemana con ascendencia judía, mundialmente conocida gracias al Diario de Ana Frank, la edición de su diario íntimo en donde dejó constancia de los casi dos años y medio que pasó ocultándose de los nazis en Ámsterdam, con su familia y cuatro personas más, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Una vez fueron descubiertos en su escondite, Ana y su familia fueron capturados y llevados a distintos campos de concentración alemanes. El único superviviente de los ocho escondidos fue Otto Frank, su padre. Ana fue enviada al campo de concentración nazi de Auschwitz el 2 de septiembre de 1944 y, más tarde, al de Bergen-Belsen, donde murió de tifus alrededor de mediados de febrero de 1945, unos dos meses antes de que el campo fuera liberado. En 1947, apenas dos años después de terminada la guerra, su padre publicó el diario bajo el título La casa de atrás (en neerlandés, Het Achterhuis).

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