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For almost fifty years, Anne Frank's diary has moved millions with its testament to the human spirit's indestructibility, but readers have never seen the full text of this beloved book--until now. This new translation, performed by Winona Ryder, restores nearly one third of Anne's entries excised by her father in previous editions, revealing her burgeoning sexuality, her stormy relationship with her mother, and more.

'June, 1942: I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support'. In Amsterdam, in the summer of 1942, the Nazis forced teenager Anne Frank and her family into hiding. For over two years, they, another family and a German dentist lived in a 'secret annexe', fearing discovery. All that time, Anne kept a diary. An intimate record of tension and struggle, adolescence and confinement, anger and heartbreak, this is the definitive edition of the diary of Anne Frank.

Anne Frank and her family originally lived in Germany, but during the early thirties when Hitler came to power, they migrated to Holland, where for a time they lived normal lives. When the Nazis occupied Holland the family was forced to flee again, because they were Jews. They remained in Amsterdam, hiding in the abandoned half of an old office building, along with another family. Anne was thirteen years old at this time. In her diary Anne reveals the relations between eight people living under extraordinary conditions, facing hunger, the ever present threat of discovery and death, boredom, petty misunderstandings. Anne's account of their daily lives is a fascinating commentary on human behavior. Here is the compelling self-portrait of a young girl just on the brink of maturity, when the diary and her life reach their tragic end.

Anne Frank kept a diary from 12 June 1942 to 1 August 1944. Initially, she wrote it strictly for herself, but one day in 1944, Gerrit Bolkestein, a member of the Dutch government in exile, announced in a radio broadcast from London that after the war he hoped to collect eyewitness accounts of the suffering of the Dutch people under the German occupation, which could be made available to the public. As an example, he specifically mentioned letters and diaries. Anne Frank decided that when the war was over she would publish a book based on her diary.