‘One of the greatest books of the century’ Guardian
Edited by her father Otto H. Frank and German novelist Mirjam Pressler, the diary of Anne Frank is a true story to be rediscovered by each new generation — and one that has long been called a monument to the human spirit.
In the summer of 1942, thirteen-year-old Anne Frank and her family were forced into hiding in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse, fleeing the horrors of the Nazi occupation. Through the diary she kept in that secret annexe, Anne revealed with extraordinary candour how eight people endured hunger, the daily threat of discovery and death, and complete isolation from the outside world.
12th July 1944:
‘It’s difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.’
A record of adolescence and confinement, tension and struggle, anger and heartbreak, this is one of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime — and a testament to the atrocities of the past and a promise they will never be forgotten.
‘Rings down the decades as the most moving testament to the persecution of innocence’ Daily Mail
‘Astonishing and excruciating. It gnaws at us still’ New York Times Book Review
ISBN 13: 9780241952436
Author: Anne Frank
