Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl,New

Discovered In The Attic In Which She Spent The Last Years Of Her Life, Anne Franks Remarkable Diary Has Become A World Classica Powerful Reminder Of The Horrors Of War And An Eloquent Testament To The Human Spirit.In 1942, With The Nazis Occupying Holland, A Thirteenyearold Jewish Girl And Her Family Fled Their Home In Amsterdam And Went Into Hiding. For The Next Two Years, Until Their Whereabouts Were Betrayed To The Gestapo, The Franks And Another Family Lived Cloistered In The Secret Annexe Of An Old Office Building. Cut Off From The Outside World, They Faced Hunger, Boredom, The Constant Cruelties Of Living In Confined Quarters, And The Everpresent Threat Of Discovery And Death. In Her Diary Anne Frank Recorded Vivid Impressions Of Her Experiences During This Period. By Turns Thoughtful, Moving, And Surprisingly Humorous, Her Account Offers A Fascinating Commentary On Human Courage And Frailty And A Compelling Selfportrait Of A Sensitive And Spirited Young Woman Whose Promise Was Tragically Cut Short.Praise For The Diary Of A Young Girla Truly Remarkable Book.The New York Timesone Of The Most Moving Personal Documents To Come Out Of World War Ii.The Philadelphia Inquirerthere May Be No Better Way To Commemorate The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The End Of World War Ii Than To Reread The Diary Of A Young Girl, A Testament To An Indestructible Nobility Of Spirit In The Face Of Pure Evil.Chicago Tribunethe Single Most Compelling Personal Account Of The Holocaust . . . Remains Astonishing And Excruciating.The New York Times Book Reviewhow Brilliantly Anne Frank Captures The Selfconscious Alienation And Nave Selfabsorption Of Adolescence.Newsday