THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL

Ann Frank kept a diary from 12 june 1942 to 1 august 1944. Initially ,she wrote it strictly for herself. Then ,one day in 1944 ,Geritt Bolkestein ,a member of the Douch government in exile ,announces in a radio broadcaste from London that after the war he hoped to collect eyewitness account of the suffering of the douch people under the German occupation,which could be made available to the public.As an example, he specifically mentiojned lettersa and diaries.Impressed by this speech, Anne Frank decided that when the war was over she would publish a book based on her diary. She began rewriting and editing her diary , improving on the text, omitting passagesshe didn’t think were interesting enough and adding others from memory. At the same time , she kept up her original diary .In the scholarly work “the diary of Ann Frank : The critical Edition (1989) Ann’s first , unedited diary is referred to as a version a, to distinguish it from her second ,edited diary , which is known as version b.The last entry in Ann Franks diary is dated 1 august 1944.On 4 august 1944 , the eight people hiding in the secret Annexe were arrested .Miep Gies and Bep Voskunjil, the two secretaries working in the building, found Ann’s diaries strewen all over the floor.Miep Gies tucked them away in a desk drawer for safekeeping . After the war , when it became clear that Anne was dead, she gave the diaries ,unread,to Anne’s father,Otto Frank.After long delebration , Otto Frank decided to fulfill his daughter’s wish and publish her diary.In making his choice, Auto Frank had to bear several points in mind.The diary shows the real feelings of a young girl in the nasi rule