The definitive edition of Anne Frank's work, incorporating entries that were omitted from the original edition. Among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century, it has been read by tens of millions of people all over the world since its publication in 1947. Though it has achieved its fame partly because of its author's tragic death during the Holocaust, its lasting power is in its account of a young girl growing up, hiding in the Annexe, alongside her family, other adults, and a boy.
ANNE FRANK was born on 12 June 1929. She died while imprisoned at Bergen-Belsen, three months short of her sixteenth birthday.
OTTO H. FRANK was the only member of his immediate family to survive the Holocaust. He died in 1980.
MIRJAM PRESSLER is a popular prize-winning writer of books for young readers and a well-known translator. She lives in Germany.
The translator, SUSAN MASSOTTY, lives in Holland.