Anne Frank, a German-born Jewish victim of the Holocaust, wrote a diary called “Kitty” while in hiding in the Netherlands. Her family was arrested in 1944 and she died in a concentration camp. The diary has been published in 67 languages and over 30 million copies have been sold. The original is on display in Amsterdam.
Anne Frank was a notable German-born Jewish victim of the Holocaust. Her diary, detailing her experiences while in hiding in the Netherlands from the Nazi regime, was published in 1947, two years after her death in a concentration camp. She received the diary as a gift on her thirteenth birthday in 1942, just weeks before her family went into hiding in a secret apartment. Frank called her diary “Kitty.” As an aspiring writer, Anne Frank spent her time writing her personal thoughts in the form of letters to the imaginary ‘Kitty’. Her notes were compiled into five notebooks and 300 loose sheets before her family was arrested and sent to concentration camps in 1944.
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The Diary of Anne Frank has been published in 67 languages under various titles. The original title was Rear Annex when it was released in the Netherlands in 1947.
The American version of her diary is titled The Diary of a Young Girl. It was initially rejected for being “boring” and “depressing” before being published in 1952.
Over 30 million copies of Anne Frank’s published diary have been sold. The original version is on display at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.
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