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Originally published in Holland in 1947, the book was initially not appreciated nor did it elicit much interest. However, following the publication of it's English translation in the United States in 1952, it's popularity soared and it's sale reaching millions of copies.
Since then the diary has been translated into more than 30 languages and has become one of the best recognised works of literature emerging from the Second World War period.
Several movies and plays based on Anne Frank's story have also been made and spawned much sympathy for the plight of the Jewish people under the Nazi regime.
During the days of relative freedom and before the family went into hiding, Anne had recieved a diary as a birthday gift from her father, which she used to record the events in her daily life, exhibiting much insight and literary elegance.
Her diary provides a window into deprivations of life under captivity, and the emotional ups and downs experienced by people involuntarily thrown together in a confined space.
She describes the terror they felt whenever there was an unusual sound outside their hideout. Ath other places in the diary, we find the portrayal of swings of human emotions; the sibling rivalry with her sister, her dislike for her mother when she was disciplined and her brief, adolescent romance with a boy few years older than herself.
The last entry in the diary was made a few days before the family was discovered .
Her death announced at the age of 100 this year, brought back the attention of the world press to the story of Anne Frank and her family.Publishing the diary and making it available to the world was a very crucial and hard job. yet in the end all the efforts have been paid off and the book is much appreciated.
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