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A Reader posted a review at 2010-03-07 04:28:18.
(Language: English)
 
This book should be part of every school childs curriculum by the age of 15.Then i wonder how many would actually still think ,they have it hard? Anne,was and still is,a true herione for all.That young lady puts most of us to shame,and i only wish she could have survived those last couple of weeks,before the camp was liberated !What wonders of literary brilliance would Anne have penned?Would she have become the Historian,she long to be.In her own way,she did.Without those skilled writings of hers,we would not have known the daily traumas,emotions,suffering,and young love.All of which Anne wrote with enthusiasm.I visited Anne Franks hiding place,when i was eleven,and it still haunts me to this day,of how anybody could have lived in the way they all did so,for such a long time? Truely a remarkable young lady,who's legacy will live on forever.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-07-25 04:22:50.
(Language: English)
Its an awesome book ..each lines on the Diary of Anne Frank stands for itself ,hw a teenager develops her own personality and hw she grows n matures b4 that she has to face so much of suffering only coz she is a Jew..each expression in the Diary is worth imagining can almost feel the pulse of Anne Frank ;hw they survive solely on potatoes n beans...and so on ..A MUST READ BOOK..no other book has attracted me so much..a brilliant girl though lving under such crucial circumstances is more mature than the other elders who crib for small things in the hiding n yet tries to learn lot of new subjects n tries 2 remain happy the end is very tragic its the real suffering shown in the movie 2...just loved the entire piece thanks to Mr.Frank who compiled his daughters work n editted some of d controversial scenes...every1 shud read it once!!!
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-01-21 03:23:42.
(Language: English)
let me preface this review by saying that I have the utmost respect and reverence in regards to the Holocaust and the misfortunes of Jewish (and other) people during the 1940's. I absolutely hated this book. Many people talk about this book as though it were the Bible itself, and should be read by every person at least once, etc. While I agree that a lack of education in regards to world history is unforgivable and disgustingly ignorant, this book was one of the most boring things I have ever read. While the troubles Anne Frank experienced were very real and her situation was very unfortunate, I have to say that It was almost a bother to even finish, and the only thing that kept me reading was the fact that I can't not finish books. If you are interested in reading an interesting book by a Holocaust survivor, try "The Cage" by Ruth Minsky Sender...I found it be a much more interesting read with just as much knowledge and literary merit as Anne Frank's Diary.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-07-21 10:00:28.
(Language: English)
Very sad, yet very moving and inspiring. What a remarkable young woman Anne Frank was.I just read a review that called the book boring and disappointing, and I feel compelled to respond.It is true this book (being a diary, and not a novel) lacked a plot and didn't move forward, and required perhaps a bit more patience for slow parts, but what was fascinating was the glimpse into this young girl's world -- which was a very challenging one.I only wish we could have seen the camps through her eyes as well.Let me rephrase that.I would have rather she not gone to the camps at all, but since she did, I regret she was not able to give us her impressions.Certainly, she was a very young girl and had farther to go in developing her literary skills. But at 15 she was already remarkably accomplished. She would have made an excellent journalist -- her goal.What I like about her is her confidence and her curious, probing intellect.At the same time, she has faults and flaws like anyone else.This is a very human document and well worth reading, even if it does make the reader work a bit.Certainly there are many fine books about the holocaust, and some of them are far more sophisticated than Anne's diary. But in some ways her story is more touching and immediate.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-05-05 09:11:00.
(Language: English)
All the characters in this book seem to come alive. Simple but deep feelings made this book a classic.Its worth reading this book once.....Anne Frank was a brave Jewish-German girl who had to go into hiding during the Holocaust. Inspite of not surviving the Holocaust,her diary became a symbol of the triumph of the human spirit.It is during their twenty five month long stay, that Anne discovered the joys of confiding in her diary.The diary became Anne's best friend. It is only the diary that she trusted,because in the cloistered environment, she did not feel comfortable sharing her thoughts with her other family members."Hope I will be able to confide everything to you and hope you will be a great source of comfort and support"These words at the very beginning of the book arrest the reader's attention. These words speak about how badly Anne needed a friend she could confide in and share her feelings.She wrote her feelings in her diary,which shows the gradual development of a little girl into a mature girl with the positive attitude.Although she was quite young,when she started writing the diary,her wittings have a lot of depth and understanding.one of her fondest dreams was that, one day someone would find her diary and she would become famous.Ironically this wish of hers came true but she was no longer alive to see it when happened.This book is a masterpiece.If you are disappointed, disheartened, then do read this book. You will know that how positive she was, when she was surrounded by the horrors of Second World War.She and her family along with a Van Daan family lived in a "Secret Annexe" out for nearly 2 years to escape the Gestapo but they were caught on 4th August 1944.Anne died on March, 1945.
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Peachy posted a review at 2010-04-10 08:06:35.
(Language: English)
I recently picked up this book because my ten year old niece expressed interest in reading it, and I wanted to make sure that the content wasn't too graphic for her quickly diminishing innocence. I’ve come to the conclusion that Anne’s story would undoubtedly teach appreciation for the small things in life, a strong work ethic and the importance of a positive mental attitude. However, because this is a diary recording the thoughts of a young teenage girl, it also covers Anne’s discovery of her sexuality, her adversity towards her parents, mixed in with some spoiled-brat whining, these of course all being areas where a ten year old needs no help with advancement. I will be sure to pass the book on to her when she is about thirteen, when I’m sure she will better relate with Anne’s plight. Ultimately, Anne was insightful, self-aware and very driven, and it is amazing to notice her continuing transformation into a mature young adult as the entries progress. I found her determination to be a writer very inspiring, and even though Anne’s young life was cut short due to the horrors of the Nazi party, her dream was still realized after her death through her diary. Check out more of my reviews at BookSnakeReviews
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-04-24 01:24:40.
(Language: English)
Imagine that someday you are remembered for all eternity at a very particular time and at a very particular age. You could be remembered forever as being 25 on September the 11th or you could be remembered as being 44 when JFK was shot. It seems awfully cruel for someone to be remembered between the ages of 13 to 15. Do you remember what you were like at that age? Would you want anyone to think of you as that old for as long as your name is remembered? Such is the fate of Anne Frank. Now, I never read this book when I was young. High schools, in my experience, tend to assign the play version of this story when they want to convey Anne Frank's tale. Anne tends to be remembered as the little girl who once wrote, "I still believe that people are really good at heart" in spite of her sufferings. So I should be forgiven for expecting this book to be the dewy-eyed suppositions of a saintly little girl. Instead, I found someone with verve, complexity, and a personality that I did not always particularly like. What I discovered, was the true Anne Frank. The book is remarkable on so many levels. I think young teenage girls will understand Anne's plight intrinsically. Who couldn't? Who doesn't remember the rocky years of 13-15? The need for attention? The sobbing for no particular reason? By the end of the diary, Anne becomes far more philosophical. She no longer records the family's every move and action. Instead, she ponders questions like whether or not young people are lonelier than old people. Or what it means to be good. Though you may not like the protagonist of this book at all times, you come to understand and sympathize with her. She is a remarkable author, all the more so when you consider that this diary was written for her eyes alone at the time. If I could require kids to read something in school, I think this would top the list. It probably remains the best Holocaust children's book in existence today.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-08-16 12:49:41.
(Language: English)
The Holocaust was not about 4 million or 5 million people dead. It was the fact that such large millions were brutally exterminated, just because they did not satisfy weird ideas of culturalsupremacy. The Holocaust was not about gas chambers or concentration camps. It was about whole families torn apart for no fault of their own. Fathers from daughters, mothers from sons, brothers from sisters, entire families just shattered. Babies wrenched from their mothers arms, old men considered unfit and thrown from balconies, young women and men worked to death in sub human conditions. An entire generation destroyed to satisfy the whims of a megalomaniac.The Holocaust was not about Jews or Gypsies or Poles or Communists. It was the fact, that human beings were reduced to a state, where they had to live like animals, fighting for survival.The Holocaust is the single biggest disgrace in human history. And no amount of denials or fabricated evidence can erase this biggest stain on our conscience. And one of the best novels to deal with this is Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young girl published in 1952( the Dutch version came in 1947). Anne Frank was like any normal girl, she loved playing around, had friends, dreamed of a Prince Charming. Just like any normal girl of those times, but she was a Jew, and that was a big crime in Nazi Germany. Her father Otto Frank, had long ago migrated from Germany, to the more safer climate of Holland in 1934, when anti Semitic demonstrations broke out there. He started his own business in Amsterdam, and the family led a comparatively happy and peaceful life there. Anne and her sister Margot, were good students at school also.
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A Reader posted a review at 2011-06-30 12:59:03.
(Language: English)
I highly recommend reading this book because it positively impacts your mind, spirit & will to carry ever onward with all we go through living day in & day out with chronic illness(es) because Anne Frank was so young & truly was an old soul in a young girl's body facing her very own immense battle because she was wise beyond her years to have had the resilience she had to carry on with her head held high & with great determination the way she so positively was in the face of such horror & tremendous hardship during the Nazi rule in Germany as they attempted to push across various areas of Europe. If she could make it as well as she did, even for the brief time she was able to, we absolutely can survive & carry onward with our heads held high in the face of all we each have to contend with. Anne Frank was a true inspiration & to this very day her precious life still holds great worth & meaning.
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-06-15 11:21:13.
(Language: English)
Now I finally know why this book has literally become a classic among classics with people raving about the young writer. Anne Frank most definitely had a great talent to put down words and it is a shame her life ended at not even sixteen years of age and so close to the end of WWII. Guess, it was meant to happen that way so that her diary could be published and remind the rest of the world on how Jewish people had to survive during the Nazi genocide. What else can I say? A frank young woman emerging from childhood and having to endure more than most of us do in a lifetime in a matter of two years in hiding. No freedom to go out, not even the freedom to open a window or make a sound most days - something we all take for granted. Having to live on rotten food and still finding the strength to write down experiences - and not only negative ones but predominantly good things that happened - that is the essence of Anne Frank. Kudos also to her father for making her dream come true of becoming a published writer - even after her death. With this one book having been translated in so many different languages and literally spread word across the world - the literary world is so much richer for it. Thank You!
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-05-28 12:33:08.
(Language: English)
I had forgotten just how gripping the story actually is - eight people stuck in hiding, with the inevitable personality clashes between two married couples with three children and an older, not-quite-confirmed bachelor; the story told by the youngest (but, by her own account, smartest) of the crew; the desperate grasping for hope as the news of the war starts gradually to turn to the possibility of a German defeat; Anne's fifteen-year-old love for the seventeen-year-old Peter; and the final, crushing, end of the narrative in mid-stream as the Franks and their fellow fugitives are taken from the back-streets of Amsterdam, never (with one exception) to return. I cried on the train tonight reading the final pages of the book, and I challenge anyone to read it and remain unmoved. A number of points seemed very fresh to me (perhaps also they were not so visible in the edition I would have read 25 years ago). The Franks and their fellow fugitives were from Germany; Anne and her sister actually teach the others Dutch at various points, and she expresses her desire to become a full Dutch citizen after the war. I don't remember previously reading of, for instance, the extent of Anne's problems relating to her mother, or of the difficulties of the lavatory arrangements; I think the new version of the account is stronger for including them. I have a minor concern about the translation. In the very first entry - the only one in this edition given in the original Dutch - Anne, addressing "Kitty", her new diary, says ik hoop dat je een grote steun aan me zult zijn. The English translation is "I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support". Well, frankly, it's a bit of a stretch from the single noun steun to "source of comfort and support" - normally it would just mean "support", and having spotted the translator over-egging the meaning here, I wonder where else it may have happened. This may be a minor quibble (I'll get a Dutch edition for young F, and decide for myself). The major point is that Anne Frank beats out the most impressive teenage livejournaller by a factor of ten or a hundred. And she died. She ded horribly and painfully and unnecessarily, along with millions of other people, as a result of evil decisions made by evil men. And her story is the more vivid because she wrote about it; but there were six million other Jews killed because they were Jewish, and millions of others killed for similar reasons of state policy. Those incredible figures become more real to us from reading her account; but she was only one among millions.
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Jennifer posted a review at 2009-11-07 05:01:51.
(Language: English)
Reviewed by Taylor Rector for TeensReadToo.com This is the diary of the most courageous fourteen-year-old girl to ever live. Anne Frank lived during the time of World War II, when you could be killed or put in a concentration camp for being Jewish -- or for not being blue-eyed and blonde. Hitler was ignorant in thinking that those with blue eyes and blonde hair were of the superior race, and anyone else should be killed. Anne and her family went into hiding in 1942 and managed to hide for over two years. Was Hitler finally overruled or was the family found by the Gestapo (the police that worked for Hitler)? Read this novel about a normal teenager in hiding to find out. This is a really good book to read if you want to learn more about World War II, or simply about being courageous and living a life in hiding. Also, not only is this novel about the war but also about how Anne grows up and discovers life and writing.
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A Reader posted a review at 2011-03-07 10:19:00.
(Language: English)
This is a True story told in the first person by a young Jewish girl, in the most tender and optimistic language of the heart. Her sad life and living conditions for the duration of the Second World War are stoically tackled and I for one came to love and cherish her as a loyal, gentle friend. My heart weeps for the loss of such an incredible human being - who in the Spring of her life had to endure such hardship - and yet, almost to the end, remained light-hearted, loving and gentle - and wise beyond her years! War is a terrible thing - but leaves us all these unsung heroes, who can be held up as candles in our dark times - as examples for human beings to continue to strive against all odds to retain their dignity even when life seems impossible. Make Ann Frank your friend - read her words, and place her gently - with love -into your heart for eternity.
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A Reader posted a review at 2012-06-13 05:57:55.
(Language: English)
I still read this book, and hope to visit the Holocaust Museum because of it. It should be read by everyone. Anne Frank was a 14 year old Jewish girl who, with her family and another, went in hiding for about a year in an attic during WW2. It is amazing how this girl never lost hope, made the best of everything, was grateful for everything, and believed in the goodness of mankind. Her father was the only survivor after the Nazis discovered and encamped them. Upon his return home, he was given the diary by the young woman who helped hide his family. There are so many lessons in this book, but it is primarily a testimony to the fact that the Holocaust occured. 5 stars
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-08-19 05:14:47.
(Language: English)
A friend from school, Jane Anne, reminded me we were assigned this book to read in middle school. I had forgotten I'd read it. Aaron read it in 7th grade I think. He also visited The Anne Frank House in Holland in the spring of 2009 with his friend Timo's family. After I began rereading it I remembered having read it in the past. It certainly had much greater meaning to me upon rereading it. While at times Anne was the typical over-dramatic teen she was also, at times, mature beyond her years. How heart-breaking that many, including her and her family and friends, died at the hands of such great evil. I didn't remember having previously read this. A friend from school, Jane Ann, however, remembered our having read it in middle school. After I reached about the middle of the book the familiarity sank in and I recalled having read it. Of course the book meant much more to me this time. While being a very typical teenager and often being very overdramatic Anne was also at times mature beyond her years. I am glad I reread her writings.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-06-21 04:07:08.
(Language: English)
Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic -- a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old 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, they and another family lived cloistered in the "Secret Annex" 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 ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-06-08 02:52:14.
(Language: English)
A beloved classic since its initial publication in 1947, this vivid, insightful journal is a fitting memorial to the gifted Jewish teenager who died at Bergen-Belsen, Germany, in 1945. Born in 1929, Anne Frank received a blank diary on her 13th birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Her marvelously detailed, engagingly personal entries chronicle 25 trying months of claustrophobic, quarrelsome intimacy with her parents, sister, a second family, and a middle-aged dentist who has little tolerance for Anne's vivacity. The diary's universal appeal stems from its riveting blend of the grubby particulars of life during wartime (scant, bad food; shabby, outgrown clothes that can't be replaced; constant fear of discovery) and candid discussion of emotions familiar to every adolescent (everyone criticizes me, no one sees my real nature, when will I be loved?). Yet Frank was no ordinary teen: the later entries reveal a sense of compassion and a spiritual depth remarkable in a girl barely 15. Her death epitomizes the madness of the Holocaust, but for the millions who meet Anne through her diary, it is also a very individual loss.
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-03-02 08:40:31.
(Language: English)
I read this book in Jr High. I was obsessed with WWII and the way the Nazi's treated the Jewish people. While I realize the Jewish people weren't the ONLY people the Nazis persecuted, they were the majority. Anne was like most any other girl her age, though one could say that girls her age today couldn't have written what she did now. It would be full of LOLs and WTF and GTGs, and they would be ROFLMAOing all over the place. I think my real attraction to the story at the time was that I was honestly in love with Anne. Even though I never actually met her I think she was my first true "love" I know that sounds weird and almost obsessive. But I really felt for her, and had feelings for her. I have talked to other men who have read it that came away feeling the same thing. It's not a sexual thing, as a matter of fact I don't recall ever thinking about sex and Anne. Which is a rare thing for a teenage boy. The story really tells just how bad the Nazis and such a government can be. It as actually the first "Real World" before MTV even existed. NO ONE should go through life not having read this book.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-04-28 03:25:44.
(Language: English)
The story of Anne Frank is a touching one, no matter how you slice it, and how corny it might sound. But that's exactly what it is. The emotion just gets to you when you read about this young lady's exile, and the time before the exile, in the secret annex of the house owners of which kept Anne Frank and his family in hiding. It is amazing how observant she is to the complex matters of her every day life, and how somehow positive she remain despite everything that is happening outside the annex. She even finds the time to contemplate boys and what would it like to be leading a normal life with boys, or a boy, being involved in her life. If that's not optimism, then I don't know what is. I run out of nouns trying to describe this book. I don't even bother to try. Suffice perhaps to say that Anne's world, and her talent to put it in thoughts and writing are of such quality that it has caused wrong kind of hype around the book. Just google it. You are bound to land on pages which claim the work to be fraudulent, a hoax and what-not antisemitist conspiracy crap. This may be inappropriate of me, but if Anne can find glimpses of joy, why would I be banned from founding those. Ok. Here goes: It just occured to me how different this diary is compared to that of her age mate in the book The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾. Sorry about the comparison. A tad inappropriate. Just forget about it, ok? Can you find it in your heart to forgive me? (P.S. I actually googled "Anne Frank" AND conspiracy, but I also googled "Adrian Mole" AND consipracy. I got 382 000, and 5830 hits, respectively. 5830 hits for Mole! Are there 5830 people on this planet who suspect that Mole's diaries are fraudulent and didn't happen for real?)
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-09-30 09:47:42.
(Language: English)
This book is basically a Personal Diary, written by a Jewish girl named Anne Frank, living in the scenario of World War II. Considering her diary to be her best friend, she has written various letters from time to time. In her diary, Anne frank has described her feelings, emotions, views, thoughts, opinions, just as any adolescent girl of her age would have. Her diary revolves around the sufferings, cruelty, and discrimination that she witnessed being a Jewish. Her diary reveals World War II and its impact on the human beings. Anne Frank has written about her life when she and her family had to move into hiding, along with four other people. She has talked about the tensions and the quarrels she went through, during her life in the hiding in Secret Annexe: How they lived in constant fear and isolation? She has written about her own maturity, her girlhood, self-awareness as it was coming of age for her because she has spent the crucial period of her adolescent into hiding. Most importantly her diary revolves around her trust, her sorrows, grief, joys, her attachment, her attractions, desires and her eagerness to face life with courage. It revolves around her wishes, aspirations, longings and loneliness that she went through. I prefer to give this book nine on ten points as it was an enjoying experience to read such a novel which characterizes a teenage girl trying to sort out her feelings under difficult conditions. It is such a touching book that each reader can find something that moves him personally. I would say it is a must-read for all. It is an interesting book which is meant for all; it does not matter who you are or what you do. Everyone should read it at least once because this diary depicts the hopes, faith, the courage and the human spirit that survives and never gives in, even in unpredictable circumstances.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-01-15 02:57:59.
(Language: English)
An amazing book.Anne confides so honestly in her diary (whom she calls Kitty), it does feel like she is talking directly to you the reader personally.You become so immersed in it that you feel somehow you are privy to this world in the pages, as if you're the first person to ever read it.Rarely do you feel that this is a person writing over 60 years ago.All the problems that she has most teenagers today I'm sure could relate to, it certainly took me back in that way!There is an overwhelming heart to the book.This is a real book, written by a real person, albeit living in very surreal circumstances.Her wonderful character, sometimes wistful and dreamy, sometimes philisophical and contemplative, sometimes sharp.Yet always her warmth permeates the pages.It's not just a sad book(although obviously the ending is very sad)it is funny, romantic, frightening and inspiring.I'll never forget this book, and I strongly recommend it to anyone.
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A Reader posted a review at 2011-06-06 02:41:03.
(Language: English)
Perhaps a curious surprise for any reader picking it up for the first time will be to find that Frank is not just full of feeling, but also ability. Her writing is characterized by keen execution and meticulous devotion to excelling at her craft. Her writing is mature, at times bitter, but almost always touched by a kind humanism that finds its strength in the certainty that human beings are better than they think they are. It's little wonder that people who've endured their own sufferings take solace in a book like this. The work has survived and flourished even where the girl never got to.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-05-02 01:41:54.
(Language: English)
lot has been said about "The Diary of Anne Frank." Some people have even claimed that it is a fake, which is an outrageous claim that denigrates those who died in the Holocaust and those that survived. This book is testament to a child's spirit and humanity as she hides in ever deteriorating circumstances with her family in an attic over an office in Amsterdam. We are witnesses to her first kiss with Peter a boy also in hiding, and her stormy relationship with her mother which she tries to resolve often unsuccessfully. We see flares of brilliance as she tries to understand human nature as well as the innocence of youth when she says, "basically I believe most people are good." The Diary of Anne Frank would probably be just an ordinary young girl's memoirs if the Holocaust had not happened. However the Holocaust did happen and Anne Frank's diary stands for all the young girls whose lives were ended before they had a chance to blossom. If any book was to be made compulsory reading in schools then this book should be it. Through Anne Frank we will never forget her humanity or for that matter our own.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-09-19 03:47:34.
(Language: English)
I just wish I had the insight and sensitivity Anne had at her mid-teens when I was the same age; but then, I didn't have to go through what she experienced at such an early age. Just to think that this clever, precocious girl had to suffer confinement and a terrible death simply because a bunch of kooks didn't like her kind makes me cringe. And still, Anne states: "In spite of everything, I still believe people are good at heart". I think it sums up the essence of the diary, naive and wise at the same time. She recounts her life before and after she and her family went into hiding to escape Nazi persecution, and the hardships they had to suffer, and not precisely because of Nazi harassment; the squabbles and pettiness of some of the annex dwellers could seem in some ways worse than the war going on in the outside world. Although the strained situation in the annex affected Anne very much, she does not despair; she spices her accounts with hilarious and often wicked comments on the people around her, mixed with the difficult, sad situations she had to endure. It isn't really much of an historical reading, it contains little about World War II itself, but it is more a story about coming of age in very unusual circumstances. What a shame Anne Frank had to die, had she survived she probably would have produced an even better work than this one.
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Kim posted a review at 2011-06-30 09:27:19.
(Language: English)
There is not much to say about this book that hasn't been said already. Looking at the tragedy of her story from the viewpoint of one old enough to be her mother rather than a similar aged adolescent was a much different reading experience. She was such an accomplished writer for one so young. Seeing her growing into such a thoughtful person was so sad knowing the outcome. Julia didn't know the whole story and didn't realize that she eventually died in the concentration camps until the end. I'd forgotten how hard it was to read that when I was her age. To realize that people killed children for reasons no one can understand.
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