The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

• Publisher: Lifebooks
• Year: 2020
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9789897785733
• Subtopic: Historical Biographies
• Index: Literature

Among the most powerful accounts of the Nazi occupation, "The Diary of Anne Frank" chronicles the life of Anne Frank, a thirteen-year old girl fleeing her home in Amsterdam to go into hiding. Anne reveals the relationships between eight people living under miserable conditions: facing hunger, threat of discovery and the worst horrors the modern world had seen. In these pages, she grows up to be a young woman and a wise observer of human nature. She shares an unparalleled bond with her diary, which holds a detailed account of Anne's close relationship with her father, the lack of daughterly love for her mother, admiration for her sister's intelligence and closeness with her friend Peter. Anne Frank's account offers a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman who turns thoughtful and learns of the many terrors of the world.

Wednesday, July 1, 1942

Dearest Kitty,

Until today I honestly couldn’t find the time to write you. I was with friends all day Thursday, we had company on Friday, and that’s how it went until today.

Hello and I have gotten to know each other very well this past week, and he’s told me a lot about his life. He comes from Gelsenkirchen and is living with his grandparents. His parents are in Belgium, but there’s no way he can get there. Hello used to have a girlfriend named Ursula. I know her too. She’s perfectly sweet and perfectly boring. Ever since he met me, Hello has realized that he’s been falling asleep at Ursul’s side. So I’m kind of a pep tonic. You never know what you’re good for!

Jacque spent Saturday night here. Sunday afternoon she was at Hanneli’s, and I was bored stiff.

Hello was supposed to come over that evening, but he called around six. I answered the phone, and he said, “This is Helmuth Silberberg. May I please speak to Anne?”

“Oh, Hello. This is Anne.”

“Oh, hi, Anne. How are you?”

“Fine, thanks.”

“I just wanted to say I’m sorry but I can’t come tonight, though I would like to have a word with you. Is it all right if I come by and pick you up in about ten minutes.”

“Yes, that’s fine. Bye-bye!”

“Okay, I’ll be right over. Bye-bye!”

I hung up, quickly changed my clothes and fixed my hair. I was so nervous I leaned out the window to watch for him. He finally showed up. Miracle of miracles, I didn’t rush down the stairs, but waited quietly until he rang the bell. I went down to open the door, and he got right to the point.

“Anne, my grandmother thinks you’re too young for me to be seeing you on a regular basis. She says I should be going to the Lowenbachs’, but you probably know that I’m not going out with Ursul anymore.”

“No, I didn’t know. What happened? Did you two have a fight?”

“No, nothing like that. I told Ursul that we weren’t suited to each other and so it was better for us not to go together anymore, but that she was welcome at my house and I hoped I would be welcome at hers. Actually, I thought Ursul was hanging around with another boy, and I treated her as if she were. But that wasn’t true. And then my uncle said I should apologize to her, but of course I didn’t feel like it, and that’s why I broke up with her. But that was just one of the reasons.

“Now my grandmother wants me to see Ursul and not you, but I don’t agree and I’m not going to. Sometimes old people have really old-fashioned ideas, but that doesn’t mean I have to go along with them. I need my grandparents, but in a certain sense they need me too. From now on I’ll be free on Wednesday evenings. You see, my grandparents made me sign up for a wood-carving class, but actually I go to a club organized by the Zionists. My grandparents don’t want me to go, because they’re anti-Zionists. I’m not a fanatic Zionist, but it interests me. Anyway, it’s been such a mess lately that I’m planning to quit. So next Wednesday will be my last meeting. That means I can see you Wednesday evening, Saturday afternoon, Saturday evening, Sunday afternoon and maybe even more.”

“But if your grandparents don’t want you to, you? shouldn’t go behind their backs.”

“All’s fair in love and war.”

Just then we passed Blankevoort’s Bookstore and there was Peter Schiff with two other boys; it was the first time he’d said hello to me in ages, and it really made me feel good.

Monday evening Hello came over to meet Father and Mother. I had bought a cake and some candy, and we had tea and cookies, the works, but neither Hello nor I felt like sitting stiffly on our chairs. So we went out for a walk, and he didn’t deliver me to my door until ten past eight. Father was furious. He said it was very wrong of me not to get home on time. I had to promise to be home by ten to eight in the future. I’ve been asked to Hello’s on Saturday.

Wilma told me that one night when Hello was at her house, she asked him, “Who do you like best, Ursul or Anne?”

He said, “It’s none of yo...

Table of contents

• Title Page Content
• Foreword
• June 12, 1942
• Sunday, June 14, 1942
• Monday, June 15, 1942
• Saturday, June 20, 1942
• Saturday, June 20, 1942
• Sunday, June 21, 1942
• Wednesday, June 24, 1942
• Wednesday, July 1, 1942
• Sunday, July 5, 1942
• Wednesday, July 8, 1942
• Thursday, July 9, 1942
• Friday, July 10, 1942
• Saturday, July 11, 1942
• Sunday, July 12, 1942
• Friday, August 14, 1942
• Friday, August 21, 1942
• Wednesday, September 2, 1942
• Monday, September 21, 1942
• Friday, September 25, 1942
• Sunday, September 27, 1942
• Monday, September 28, 1942
• Tuesday, September 29, 1942
• Thursday, October 1, 1942
• Saturday, October 3, 1942
• Wednesday, October 7, 1942
• October 9, 1942
• Wednesday, October 14, 1942
• Tuesday, October 20, 1942
• Thursday, October 29, 1942
• Monday, November 2, 1942
• Thursday, November 5, 1942
• Saturday, November 7, 1942
• Monday, November 9, 1942
• Tuesday, November 10, 1942
• Thursday, November 12, 1942
• Tuesday, November 17, 1942
• Thursday, November 19, 1942
• Friday, November 20, 1942
• Saturday, November 26, 1942
• Monday, December 7, 1942
• Thursday, December 10, 1942
• Sunday, December 13, 1942
• Tuesday, December 22, 1942
• Wednesday, January 13, 1943
• Saturday, January 30, 1943
• Friday, February 5, 1943
• Saturday, February 27, 1943
• Thursday, March 4, 1943
• Wednesday, March 10, 1943
• Friday, March 12, 1943
• Thursday, March 18, 1943
• Friday, March 19, 1943
• Thursday, March 25, 1943
• Saturday, March 27, 1943
• Thursday, April 1, 1943
• Friday, April 2, 1943
• Tuesday, April 27, 1943
• Saturday, May 1, 1943
• Sunday, May 2, 1943
• Tuesday, May 18, 1943
• Sunday, June 13, 1943
• Tuesday, June 15, 1943
• Sunday, July 11, 1943
• Tuesday, July 13, 1943
• Friday, July 16, 1943
• Monday, July 19, 1943
• Friday, July 23, 1943
• Monday, July 26, 1943
• Thursday, July 29, 1943
• Tuesday, August 3, 1943
• Wednesday, August 4, 1943
• Thursday, August 5, 1943
• Friday, August 6, 1943
• Saturday, August 7, 1943
• Monday, August 9, 1943
• Tuesday, August 10, 1943
• Friday, August 20, 1943
• Monday, August 23, 1943
• Friday, September 10, 1943
• Thursday, September 16, 1943
• Wednesday, September 29, 1943
• Sunday, October 17, 1943
• Friday, October 29, 1943
• Wednesday, November 3, 1943
• Monday Evening, November 8, 1943
• Thursday, November 11, 1943
• Wednesday, November 17, 1943
• Saturday, November 27, 1943
• Monday, December 6, 1943
• Wednesday, December 22, 1943
• Friday, December 24, 1943
• Sunday, December 26, 1943
• Monday, December 27, 1943
• Wednesday, December 29, 1943
• Thursday, December 30, 1943
• Sunday, January 2, 1944
• Thursday, January 6, 1944
• Thursday, January 6, 1944
• Friday, January 7, 1944
• Wednesday, January 12, 1944
• Saturday, January 15, 1944
• Wednesday Evening, January 19, 1944
• Saturday, January 22, 1944
• Monday, January 24, 1944
• Friday, January 28, 1944
• Friday, January 28, 1944
• Sunday, January 30, 1944
• Thursday, February 3, 1944
• Tuesday, February 8, 1944
• Saturday, February 12, 1944
• Monday, February 14, 1944
• Tuesday, February 15, 1944
• Wednesday, February 16, 1944
• Thursday, February 17, 1944
• Friday, February 18, 1944
• Saturday, February 19, 1944
• Sunday, February 20, 1944
• Wednesday, February 23, 1944
• Sunday, February 27, 1944
• Monday, February 28, 1944
• Wednesday, March 1, 1944
• Thursday, March 2, 1944
• Friday, March 3, 1944
• Saturday, March 4, 1944
• Monday, March 6, 1944
• Tuesday, March 7, 1944
• Wednesday, March 8, 1944
• Friday, March 10, 1944
• Saturday, March 11, 1944
• Sunday, March 12, 1944
• Tuesday, March 14, 1944
• Thursday, March 16, 1944
• Thursday, March 16, 1944
• Friday, March 17, 1944
• Saturday, March 18, 1944
• Sunday, March 19, 1944
• Monday, March 20, 1944
• Wednesday, March 22, 1944
• Thursday, March 23, 1944
• Friday, March 24, 1944
• Saturday, March 25, 1944
• Monday, March 27, 1944
• Tuesday, March 28, 1944
• Wednesday, March 29, 1944
• Friday, March 31, 1944
• Saturday, April 1, 1944
• Monday, April 3, 1944
• Wednesday, April 5, 1944
• Thursday, April 6, 1944
• Tuesday, April 11, 1944
• Friday, April 14, 1944
• Saturday, April 15, 1944
• Sunday, April 16, 1944
• Monday, April 17, 1944
• Tuesday, April 18, 1944
• Wednesday, April 19, 1944
• Friday, April 21, 1944
• Tuesday, April 25, 1944
• Thursday, April 27, 1944
• Friday, April 28, 1944
• Tuesday, May 2, 1944
• Wednesday, May 3, 1944
• Friday, May 5, 1944
• Saturday, May 6, 1944
• Sunday Morning, May 7, 1944
• Monday, May 8, 1944
• Tuesday, May 9, 1944
• Wednesday, May 10, 1944
• Thursday, May 11, 1944
• Thursday, May 11, 1944
• Saturday, May 13, 1944
• Tuesday, May 16, 1944
• Friday, May 19, 1944
• Saturday, May 20, 1944
• Monday, May 22, 1944
• Thursday, May 25, 1944
• Thursday, May 25, 1944
• Friday, May 26, 1944
• Wednesday, May 31, 1944
• Friday, June 2, 1944
• Monday, June 5, 1944
• Tuesday, June 6, 1944
• Friday, June 9, 1944
• Tuesday, June 13, 1944
• Friday, June 16, 1944
• Friday, June 23, 1944
• Tuesday, June 27, 1944
• Friday, June 30, 1944
• Thursday, July 6, 1944
• Saturday, July 8, 1944
• Saturday, July 15, 1944
• Friday, July 21, 1944
• Tuesday, August 1, 1944
• Afterword