Penguin Books Australia

'A modern classic' The Times

'12th June 1942:
I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support'

In Amsterdam, in the summer of 1942, the Nazis forced teenager Anne Frank and her family into hiding. For over two years, they, another family and a German dentist lived in a 'secret annexe', fearing...

Translated by
Susan Massotty

With an introduction by
Ellie Wiesel

Edited by
Otto H. Frank & Mirjam Pressler

'One of the greatest books of the twentieth century'
Guardian

In July 1942, thirteen-year-old Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the occupation, went into hiding in an Amsterdam warehouse. Over the next two years Anne vividly describes in her diary the frustrations of living in such close quarters, and her thoughts, feelings and longings as she grows up.   Her diary ends abruptly when, in August 1944, they were all betrayed.

THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL
remains the single most poignant true-life story to emerge from the Second World War.