The Diary of Anne Frank

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The Diary of Anne Frank is the world-famous published journal of a Jewish girl hiding from the Nazis during World War II, offering a poignant, firsthand account of life under persecution.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Holocaust literature
book
diary
non-fiction book
adaptedAs 1959 film The Diary of Anne Frank
stage play The Diary of Anne Frank
author Anne Frank
basedOn Anne Frank's original diary manuscripts
compiler Otto Frank
countryOfOrigin Netherlands
editor Otto Frank
endTimeOfDiaryEntries 1944-08-01
firstPublicationYear 1947
firstPublisher Contact Publishing
genre autobiographical literature
war diary
hasAudience Holocaust researchers
general readership
students
hasCharacter Anne Frank
Auguste van Pels
Edith Frank
Fritz Pfeffer NERFINISHED
Hermann van Pels
Margot Frank
Otto Frank
Peter van Pels
hasEnglishTranslation The Diary of a Young Girl
hasForm diary entries
hasPublicationStatus posthumous
hasTheme coming of age
family relationships
hope
human resilience
identity
loss of innocence
oppression
religion and faith
war and violence
influenced Holocaust education worldwide
languageOfFirstEdition Dutch
mainSubject Holocaust
Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
World War II
life in hiding
persecution of Jews
narrativeLocation Amsterdam
Secret Annex
notableFor documentation of Holocaust experiences
firsthand account of Jewish life in hiding
global impact on Holocaust remembrance
originalLanguage Dutch
originalTitle Het Achterhuis
portrays Jewish identity
adolescent development
daily life in hiding
fear of persecution
startTimeOfDiaryEntries 1942-06-12
subtitle Dagboekbrieven van 12 juni 1942 – 1 augustus 1944
timePeriodDescribed Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
World War II
translatedTitle The Diary of a Young Girl
usedIn school curricula around the world
writtenBy Anne Frank
writtenDuring Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
World War II
writtenIn Secret Annex

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Albert Hackett ("The Diary of Anne Frank (play)")
Anne Frank ("The Diary of a Young Girl")
Dorothy Spencer
Frances Goodrich ("The Diary of Anne Frank (play)")
Frances Goodrich ("The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)")
Kermit Bloomgarden
Kermit Bloomgarden
notableWork
Bep Voskuijl
Peter van Pels ("The Diary of a Young Girl")
appearsIn
Albert Hackett ("The Diary of a Young Girl")
The Diary of Anne Frank ("Anne Frank's original diary manuscripts")
basedOn
Hannah Goslar
describedIn
The Diary of Anne Frank ("The Diary of a Young Girl")
hasEnglishTranslation
Time magazine Top 100 non-fiction books since 1923 ("The Diary of a Young Girl")
hasPart
Westerkerk, Amsterdam ("The Diary of a Young Girl")
mentionedIn
Hermann van Pels ("The Diary of a Young Girl")
portrayedIn
Miep Gies ("Anne Frank's diary")
preserved
Anne Frank ("The Diary of Anne Frank (play)")
subjectOf
The Diary of Anne Frank ("The Diary of a Young Girl")
translatedTitle
Dorothy Spencer
workedOn

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