Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl | 
| Author: Anne Frank
Creator: Winona Ryder
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
Category: Book
Buy New: $29.99
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Rating:  639 reviews
Sales Rank: 331032
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 4.4 x 1.4
ISBN: 0553473476
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.5318092
EAN: 9780553473476
ASIN: 0553473476
Publication Date: July 1, 1995
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Amazon.com Review
Anne Frank's diaries have always been among the most moving and eloquent documents of the Holocaust. This new edition restores diary entries omitted from the original edition, revealing a new depth to Anne's dreams, irritations, hardships, and passions. Anne emerges as more real, more human, and more vital than ever. If you've never read this remarkable autobiography, do so. If you have read it, you owe it to yourself to read it again.
Product Description
Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century. Since its publication in 1947, Anne Frank's story has become familiar to millions all over the world, and remains a beloved and deeply admired testament to the indestructible nature of the human spirit.Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl The Definitive Edition Included in this Definitive Edition are diary entries previously omitted from the original, passages which reinforce the fact that Anne was first and foremost a teenage girl, not a remote and flawless symbol. She fretted over her emerging sexuality; often found herself in disagreement with the adults around her; and veered between the carefree nature of a child and the full-fledged sorrow of an adult living under extraordinary conditions and unbearable strain. Anne emerges more triumphantly and heart-breakingly human, more vulnerable, and more vital than ever. Anne Frank and her family hid in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse for two years in an effort to escape the horrors of Nazi occupation. Only thirteen when her family went into the Secret Annex, she reveals her daily life as the world around them succumbed to the worst horror the modern world had seen, facing hunger, the threat of discovery and death, estrangement from the outside world, and above all, the boredom, the petty misunderstandings, and the frustrations of living in such confined quarters. A timeless story rediscovered by each new generation, The Diary of a Young Girl stands without peer, and acclaimed actress Winona Ryder brings this unforgettable young woman to life in a stunning performance for listeners of all ages to cherish.
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 We played, we laughed, we were loved, we died... May 26, 2009
Daniel P Miller (Columbia, MD United States)
Anne's story has made an indelible impact on me and helped me see more clearly into both the loveliest and the most despicable parts of human nature. Her writing has opened my heart to love more deeply and my mind to think more critically.
Anne Frank started her journal on her 13th birthday, in 1942. Her father, Otto Frank, had moved his family to Amsterdam in 1933 to avoid the Nazi rise to power, but in 1940, Hitler invaded The Netherlands, thus trapping the family there. As sanctions against the Jews became stricter, Otto went in hiding with his family into "the secret annex", an assortment of hidden rooms in his office building where he had been manager. About this same time in 1942, Anne received her journal and began recording her thoughts, feelings, and daily activities to chronicle their existence. Anne had a gift for words, and her writing contains conceptualizations about her experiences and the war that are powerful and thought-provoking. Even more, she possessed empathy, courage, faith, and determination that inspires and motivates. Thus, her journal is not only a suburb retelling of events but a powerful statement about the capacity of a human's capacity to love in the midst of fear.
On August 04, 1944, following a tip, the German Security Police discovered the secret annex, took the inhabitant to the Gestapo, then a few days later stuffed them into a train with hundreds of other Jews and carted them off to hard labor at Auschwitz concentration camp. Anne, of course, was separated from her parents. She soon became weak from malnourishment and sickness. Just a few months before her 16th birthday and a month before the liberation, Anne died in the concentration camp. In fact, everyone in her family (her sister and mother) died during those months except for Anne's father, whom she loved most dearly.
My mind keeps returning to that horrible car drive to the Gestapo and the thoughts that must have raced through Anne's mind. Imagine the beating of young Anne's heart and the sick feeling in her stomach as she sits on those horrible aluminum seats awaiting her fate. Imagine the German military officer standing guard in the corner as armbands of death are stapled around the arms of the quiet family. His eyes keep finding the ground but he cannot avoid their eyes when he looks up.
Why do you avoid their eyes, young officer? Is it to avoid seeing a girl, just a girl, who had but one wish: to live and love, and in so doing, make an impact in this world for good? Why do you avoid the eyes of her father? You can see that he stares at his daughter with such love, such desire to protect...Are you afraid that looking into his eyes you might think of your own father and his love for you? Do you suddenly glimpse - as though reflected in a mirror - your own frail arm outstretched to receive the sentence of death as your father and mother watch helplessly? May your mind never find peace in your soul until you ask forgiveness from God Almighty and from the Jewish people for your part in this crime you now commit.
They must have all known in the depths of their hearts they were sending humans, lovely human beings, to a horrible fate. And yet a whole government was compelled to follow, follow, follow - that awful, insidious coaxing of Hitler as he beat a death drum to the near-annihilation of an entire race of people.
How very important it is that absolute principles of the value and dignity of the human race are written into the constitution of every government's code. Moral principles of mutual respect and responsibility must be upheld and valued as the highest law. Because all it takes is one man, an autocrat like Hitler, to compel his government to follow him and soon the whole country will be following, their moral compass disoriented by the magnetism of the mighty. It's written into our nature.
It takes a voice like Anne's, one whose self-honesty and examination allow her to see herself and others clearly, to inspire the rest of us to uphold the right of everyone to experience peace, freedom, and happiness.
To conclude, here's a poem by Barbara Sonek called "Holocaust". Remember the Holocaust and learn from it.
We played, we laughed
We were loved.
We were ripped from the arms of our
Parents and thrown into the fire.
We were nothing more than children.
We had a future. We were going to be
Lawyers, rabbis, wives, teachers, mothers.
We had dreams, then we had no hope.
We were taken away in the dead of night
Like cattle in cars, no air to breathe
Smothering, crying, starving, dying.
Separated from the world to be no more.
From the ashes, hear our plea.
This atrocity to mankind can not happen again.
Remember us, for we were the children
whose dreams and lives were stolen away.
 Great Job! May 11, 2009
Michelle L. Parker
Great purchase! Love the discount! Our middle school students are enjoying this story! thank you.
Anne Franke, OK April 28, 2009
Carl O. Koch
It was as described. A little more used than advertised, but alright.
Thank you.
Intelligent but a bit too Feminist for guys... March 22, 2009
Chan Wai Man (Hong Kong)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is a diary written by a 14 year old Jewish girl, who was forced into hiding with her family in Holland during WWII - hiding from the occupying Nazi Germans. You will be surprised how smart this 14 yr old girl (and her writing) was. Diary entries deal with her thought throughout the 2 years hiding:- hope, hopelessness, suffering trough cramped spaces with limited resources, dealing with personal conflicts between hiding members, thoughts of adolescent, etc. Cannot expect too much historical commentary, but a lot of Feminist sensitivity in it (warning for guys readers). The knowledge of the fact that she died afterward in a concentration camp (covered in Afterward of the book) makes her writing more tragic and reflecting. I will give a 4 out of 5 stars (due to the fact that it is not exactly my kind of book). I would think that this book is appealing especially for teenager, but I knew adults love this book as well.
The Voice of Innocence February 18, 2009
J. Blackhorse (TX, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The words of her diary were an invitation into her heart and soul, and, in such a short time, I felt as though I knew Anne personally. She had such a brilliant mind and a warm heart. Even though I knew how the story would end, when I finished it I wept bitterly. I had grown to love this little girl and nothing seemed as unfair as her demise. But I realized that through her death, she spoke for the millions of innocent people that died unknown. She was the epitomy of all the beauty that was destroyed in the holocaust. Anne was a martyr and she will be remembered here on earth and in heaven.
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