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A portrait of the girl behind the myth. The only Brazilian edition authorized by the Anne Frank Fonds, where part of the royalties go to UNICEF.
Anne Frank's diary , the testimony of little Anne, murdered by the Nazis after years hidden in the attic of a house in Amsterdam, still moves readers worldwide today. Her notes recount the feelings, fears, and small joys of a Jewish girl who, like her family, fought in vain to survive the Holocaust.
A powerful reminder of the horrors of war, an eloquent testament to the human spirit. This is how we can describe Anne's diary entries. Isolated from the outside world, the Franks faced hunger, boredom, and the terrifying reality of confinement, as well as the constant threat of discovery. In the pages of her diary, Anne Frank records her impressions of this long period in hiding. Alternating moments of fear and joy, the entries prove to be a fascinating account of human courage and weakness and, above all, a powerful self-portrait of a sensitive and determined girl.
At first, she wrote her diary solely for herself. However, upon hearing on the radio a member of the Dutch government suggest that diaries and letters documenting the German occupation be published after the war, she resolved that, as soon as the conflict was over, she would publish a book based on her diary. So she began rewriting it, improving the text, omitting some passages, and adding others.
After the residents of the secret annex were captured, secretaries working in the building found the diary. When the war ended, they handed it over to Otto Frank, who continued his daughter's wish, selecting her writings and organizing them into a more concise version of the diary, published in 1947.
After Otto's death, the Anne Frank Foundation, which he founded, decided to publish a new edition of the diary, giving readers a better understanding of the young woman's world. The task of compiling the texts and editing the expanded version fell to writer Mirjam Pressler. This version, known as the "definitive edition," is published exclusively in Brazil by Grupo Editorial Record, presented here in a paperback edition.
Anne Frank's diary is one of the most widely read books in the world. Its moving and shocking account of the atrocities and horrors committed against the Jews makes this book a precious document and one of the most important works of the 20th century.
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