The Diary of Anne Frank
Since its publication in 1947,
It has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.
The cruelty of war is documented
with the pain experienced by the girl,
It has become a valuable material of great historical significance during the Second World War.
Sixteen-year-old Anne, whose greatest desire was to be a journalist and writer, was killed in a Nazi concentration camp because of an evil war. While people are crying for the girl, a mystery has long puzzled historians and investigators: Who exactly betrayed the Jewish girl and her family?
The recently published Complete Diary of Anne Frank declassifies many of the topics that readers care about.
After using modern technology to investigate, the investigation team believed that the suspect was a Jew living in Amsterdam at the time, named Arnold Van Denberg. As a member of the Dutch Jewish Council at the time, he had to provide valuable information to the Nazis to protect himself and his family from being caught in concentration camps, including the hiding place of Anne Frank's family.
The discovery also made Anne Frank and her diary a recent news flash. During World War II, Anne and her family hid in the "back room" of her father's factory for two years to escape the Nazis, and during those two years, Anne insisted on recording what she saw and thought in writing. After her death, her father, Otto Frank, collated her diary and published it. What is not known to the general public, however, is that there have always been different versions of The Diary of Anne Frank.
The first edition of an anne Frank's diary, known as the "A-Edition," was a text she wrote directly without a draft. This version of the diary contains three sections, as well as a number of pages that have been pasted on. Among them is the most famous red plaid diary, her thirteenth birthday gift, covering the period from June 12, 1942 to December 5, 1942. Between 1943 and 1944, Anne Frank added various chapters to the blank pages. Therefore, the contents of the journal are not strictly chronological.
The publisher called The Complete Diary of Anne Frank "the most complete and authoritative version of Anne Frank's work," and even included excerpts of American texts that Anne had compiled while reading, small poems for friends, and short stories written during her time of hiding. Provides readers with a refreshing reading background. Anne's short stories are included in the chapter Memorabilia and Short Stories in the Back Room. The content covers two categories — "pure fiction" short stories and stories depicting life in a hiding place. Most of it describes the frustration of living in the "back room" for her.
In addition to the short stories, the book contains all of Anne Frank's known letters to date. Most were published in their entirety for the first time. Including a large number of letters to grandma Alice Frank, written between 1936 and 1941, depicting the carefree period before Anne began to hide. The letters bear similarities in writing to her later diaries, but are more optimistic and cheerful. The image of a playful, humorous, mischievous girl jumps out on the page, she has a talent for writing, likes to skate, and is confident in her personal charm.
In a 1941 letter to her grandmother, Anne described a day out with two female friends and a boy, concluding: "We had a great time, and I didn't lack boys for company. This theme was echoed in a diary of the same year, in which she made a list of male classmates and wrote: "Maurice Güst is one of my many admirers, but he is a very annoying fellow." ”
Through this Complete Diary of Anne Frank, readers can learn everything about this girl. The book Chinese translation, but also chose to translate it literally from the Dutch version for the first time, in an effort to bring readers the most authentic and direct reading experience. This book is also the only Chinese Simplified translation officially authorized by the Anne Frank Foundation.
The Complete Diary of Anne Frank is a collection of not only her brilliant writing, but also her education, the social environment in which she lived, her family background, and so on, with detailed annotations and supplementary materials. The image of Anne Frank is more three-dimensional and vivid through this book, and also allows contemporary young readers to further appreciate the cruelty of war. A war withered thousands of Anne Franks who deserved more lives.
The Complete Diary of Anne Frank
Author: [Germany] Anne Frank
[Switzerland] Anne Frank Foundation, eds
Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House
Text/Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City Reporter: Wu Bo
Photo/ Guangzhou Daily, Xinhuacheng reporter: Wu Bo
Video/Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng Reporter: Wu Bo
Correspondent: Man Qing
Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor: Li Yani